Cumberland County WWII Memorial, Freedom Memorial Park, Fayetteville

Cumberland County WWII Memorial, Freedom Memorial Park, Fayetteville
The Cumberland County World War Two memorial consists of a trio of tablestone style granite markers setting at approximately 30 degree angles to each other. The center stone is slightly shorter than those on the flanks and has a small globe on top and an incised quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt on the front above a list of war dead. At the base of this stone is a small lectern shaped granite block inscribed with the Cumberland County Seal. To the left stands a stone with a clipped left shoulder and an incised quote from General Douglas McArthur and a list of names.

Organization Responsible for Installation:

Lafayette Society and the Fayetteville Light Infantry

Memorial War Era(s):

  • WWII

Memorial Condition:

Good

Website:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/926

Location:

The monument is located across the street from the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Freedom Memorial Park, which is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Bragg Boulevard and Hay Street, in Fayetteville, NC.