Robeson County War Memorial

The War Memorial consists of three tall rectangular slabs of marble on a single base. The center slab is taller and wider than the two flanking slabs. The monument is six feet wide and seven tall. Originally freestanding, the memorial is now incorporated into a brick wall with several other markers at a courtyard behind the Robeson County Courthouse. The center slab contains the inscriptions above which is incised an American eagle with wings opened to form a circle around which is 13 stars. The left flanking slab has incised the Army and Navy crest. The right slab is also incised with two symbols. One is the Marine Corp crest but the other is a “Prop and Wings” insignia. This symbol was used until 1947 by the Army Air Corp and is currently worn by cadets at the Air Force academy but was otherwise not adopted by the Air Force. It is not known why this symbol was used in place of one for the Air Force. HONORING ALL WHO / SERVED AND IN / EVERLASTING MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF ROBESON / COUNTY WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE IN / WORLD WAR I / WORLD WAR II / KOREAN CONFLICT / VIETNAM CRISIS / DEDICATED ON / JUNE 7, 1970 / BY THE LUMBERTON / JAYCEES