Purple Heart Memorial, Raleigh

Purple Heart Memorial, Raleigh

Lectern top: DEDICATED TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN / WOUNDED IN ALL OUR WARS Front, right half: MY STONE IS RED / FOR THE BLOOD THEY SHED / THE MEDAL I BEAR / IS MY COUNTRY’S WAY / TO SHOW THEY CARE. / IF I COULD BE SEEN / BY ALL MANKIND / MAYBE PEACE WILL / COME IN MY LIFETIME Front, left half around Purple Heart: [Vertical] COMBAT / [Horizontal] VETERANS / [Vertical] WOUNDED Front bottom: ERECTED BY DEPT. OF NORTH CAROLINA / MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART

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Date of Installation:

August 7, 2004

Organization Responsible for Installation:

Department of North Carolina Military Order of the Purple Heart

Memorial War Era(s):

Persian Gulf
Panama
Lebanon/Grenada
Vietnam
Korea
WWII
WWI

Location:

The memorial is located on the 200 block of N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, on the grounds of the N.C. State Administration Building.

 

Published on April 23, 2017