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Source:  World War Two Memorial, Tuxedo. Photo courtesy of Rusty Long

  • Monument Name

    World War Two Memorial, Tuxedo

  • Type

    War Memorial

  • Subjects

    World War II

  • City

    Tuxedo

  • County

    Henderson

  • Description

    A large attractive bronze plaque is attached to a slab of granite five feet wide and four feet high. The plaque inscriptions are framed by olive branches on each side. The serpentine shaped top is decorated with undetermined foliage and an eagle with spread wings. Six columns of names fill the area beneath the inscription.

    Images: World War Two Memorial (current location, after 2017) | Memorial to the mill founder, Robert William Boys | View of World War Two and Robert William Boys memorials | Plaque (previous location, before 2017) | Far-off view (previous location, before 2017)

  • Inscription

    DEDICATED / IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF / TUXEDO AND GREEN RIVER TOWNSHIP / WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY / IN WORLD WAR TWO / [Six columns with 166 names]

  • Custodian

    Henderson County Parks and Recreation Department

  • Dedication Date

    July 4, 1947

  • Decade

    1940s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    35.225230 , -82.428520 View in Geobrowsemap pin

  • Supporting Sources

      Kerns, Charli. “What Is That? World War II Memorial in Tuxedo,” Times-News (Hendersonville, NC), July 8, 2018, (accessed July 15, 2020) Link

      Malone, Gina. “Tuxedo Residents Work to Move WWII Monument,” BlueRidgeNow.com, Times-News Online, May 25, 2014, (accessed June 24, 2016) Link

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Bronze, granite

  • Sponsors

    Green River Mills

  • Monument Dedication and Unveiling

    The dedication and wreath-laying was organized by Robert W. Boys, president of Green River Mills. The Hendersonville Municipal Band provided music and a color guard troop was present.

  • Subject Notes

    Tuxedo Park stands on the former site of Green River Mills that originally sponsored the memorial.

  • Location

    The monument is located at Tuxedo Park, 1299 Old US 25 Hwy Zirconia, (Tuxedo) NC 28790.

  • Landscape

    The memorial stands in front of a playground and picnic shelter at a 6 acre public park. The site occupies a former textile mill site. A memorial to the mill founder, Robert William Boys, stands a few feet away.

  • Relocated

    Yes

  • Former Locations

    The memorial first stood at 1286 Old US 25 Highway in Tuxedo (Zirconia), NC in front of a building that houses Tuxedo Community Store and the Tuxedo Salon. It was relocated in 2017 during Phase II construction of Tuxedo Park. It stood on a small lawn area with mature plants and bushes that have grown taller than the memorial.

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