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
Installation Date:
07 Aug 2004
Organization Responsible for Installation:
Department of North Carolina Military Order of the Purple Heart
Memorial War Era(s):
- Vietnam
- Persian Gulf
- Panama
- WWII
- Lebanon/Grenada
- Korea
- WWI
Memorial Condition:
Good
Website:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/375
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.