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Source:  Stanly County WWI Memorial, Albemarle. Courtesy of Bobbystuff.com

  • Monument Name

    Stanly County WWI Memorial, Albemarle

  • Type

    Marker

  • Subjects

    World War I

  • City

    Albemarle

  • County

    Stanly

  • Description

    The Stanly County World War One Memorial is a roughhewn boulder several feet tall with a rounded top and generally flat but unfinished face. The boulder stands on a single roughhewn base. A bronze tablet with a low serpentine top is inset into the face. Above the inscription are crossed, partially unfurled, American flags.

  • Inscription

    IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN / OF STANLY COUNTY WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE, AND IN / RECOGNITION OF ALL WHO FAITHFULLY / SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING THE / WORLD WAR 1914-1918 / ERECTED BY THE ALBEMARLE CHAPTER U.D.C. / 1928

  • Custodian

    Stanly County

  • Dedication Date

    November 11, 1928

  • Decade

    1920s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    35.349620 , -80.197970 View in Geobrowsemap pin

  • Supporting Sources

      “Albemarle Has Number Pretty Social Affairs,” The Charlotte News (Charlotte, NC), November 5, 1928

      “Stanly County Courthouse in Albemarle, North Carolina,” Bobbystuff.com, (accessed May 17, 2023) Link

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Granite, bronze

  • Sponsors

    Albemarle Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy

  • Location

    The marker is located at the Stanly County Courthouse, 201 S. 2nd Street in Albemarle, NC. It stands to the left of the main courthouse entrance. A few feet further to the left is the Stanly County WWII, Korea, Vietnam Memorial.

  • Landscape

    The granite boulder stands on the lawn by the street sidewalk.

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