Front: FOR GOD AND COUNTRY / IN HONOR OF / THE MEN OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY, / NORTH CAROLINA / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTY / DURING THE WORLD WAR / 1917-1919. Rear: THIS MEMORIAL / ERECTED BY / CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY / IN APPRECIATION OF / WAR SERVICE IN THE CAUSE / OF WORLD-LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. Left side: THERE IS NO HIGHER SERVICE / TO ONE’S COUNTRY / THAN DUTY WITH THE FLAG. Right side: THEIR MANHOOD PREVAILED: / THEIR CAUSE TRIUMPHED.
Installation Date:
01 Jan 1923
Organization Responsible for Installation:
C.O. Kuester and The Hornets Nest American Legion Post #9
Memorial War Era(s):
- WWI
Memorial Condition:
Average
Website:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/604
Location:
The monument is located at the corner of South Alexander and East 4th Streets, Charlotte, North Carolina.