Lincoln County Veterans Memorial, Lincolnton
This granite monument features a globe that rests on top of a tapered pentagonal plinth and short base. The entire work stands about three and a half feet wide and four feet tall. Each of the five faces displays a branch of the armed forces and its insignia, and a veterans’ organization at its base. There are two plaques, one on the western face and a later one on the southeastern.
The plaque facing west was fist dedicated in 1970 to the citizens of Lincoln County who had served in the armed forces. Originally the plaque was on a fountain but it was moved onto a granite monument in 1993.
Image: North face
West, plaque: VETERANS / MEMORIAL PLAZA / BUILT AND DEDICATED TO HONOR ALL CITIZENS / OF LINCOLN COUNTY WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES / IN COOPERATION WITH / AMERICAN LEGION / VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS / AND / LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS / JAMES W. WARREN, CHAIRMAN / JOHN R. GAMBLE, JR., M.D. LOUIE M. ADERHOLT / A. FERD HOUSER DON W. CHERRY / FRED M. HOUSER, COUNTY MANAGER / VETERANS DAY / NOVEMBER 11, 1970
West, face: U.S. / ARMY
West, base: AMVETS
Southwest, face: U.S. / NAVY
Southwest, base: AMERICAN LEGION
Southeast, plaque: VETERANS / MEMORIAL PLAZA / THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED / 13 SEPTEMBER 1993 / REPLACES ORIGINAL MONUMENT / DEDICATED IN 1970 / “LEST WE FORGET” / TODAY, WE HONOR ALL MEN AND WOMEN / WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / DEFENDING OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM / LINCOLN COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL / AMERICAN LEGION / VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS / DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS / AMERICAN VETERANS / VIETNAM VETERANS / IN COOPERATION WITH / JOHN C. (J.C.) RUDISILL - CHAIRMAN / STEVE McCURRY - SERVICE OFFICER / EDWARD L. HOUSE - SECRETARY / W. DALE PUNCH DAVID CAUDLE / C. LEON THOMAS HARRY C. CRUMP / FREDDIE H. BUMGARNER HAROLD LYNN / ROBERT M. TALLENT TRUMAN L. CARTER / COUNTY COMMISSIONERS / C. HARRY HUSS - CHAIRMAN / DAVID CLARK, JR. JAMES E. HALLMAN / LARRY S. CRAIG RAY E. CLONINGER / LOUIS E. McCONNELL
Southeast, face: U.S. / AIR FORCE
Southeast, base: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Northeast, face: U.S. / MARINE CORPS
Northeast, base: VIETNAM VETERANS
North, face: U.S. / COAST GUARD
North, base: VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Lincoln County
September 13, 1993
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"[Lincolnton] War Memorial, (sculpture)," Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS, sirismm.si.edu, #IAS NC000298, (accessed March 7, 2013) Link
North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Department of Cultural Resources. “Lincolnton Commercial Historic District,” North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, (accessed February 1, 2020) Link
“Memorial Photos,” County of Lincoln, NC, (accessed February 1, 2015) Link
“Veterans Memorial Plaza,” The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org (accessed February 1, 2015) Link
Yes
Granite, bronze
The memorial was either paid for with money donated by the Board of Commissioners or by citizens of Lincoln county; sources differ.
39,000
The monument was erected on November 11, 1970 and rededicated (adding a plaque) on September 12, 1993.
The monument is located in front of the western entrance of the Lincoln County courthouse. The primary streets of Lincolnton (East and West Main, and North and South Aspen) radiate from the courthouse square; the monument sits across from the beginning of West Main St. The western face of the monument is flush with the street, and the corner between the northeast and southeast faces points directly to the courthouse.
The surrounding courthouse square is dotted with historic monuments, including the Confederate Monument that sits right to the left and
the Lincoln County War Memorial located at the eastern entrance of the courthouse building. A rock with embedded plaque memorializing the 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill is on the North side of the courthouse.
The monument to Admiral Rufus Z. Johnston, Medal of Honor, is located to the right of the western entrance of the Lincoln County courthouse.
The monument stands on the lawn surrounded by bushes.
Veterans and others gather near the monument to pay respect on Memorial Days.
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