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Monument Name

Washington County Veterans Memorial, Plymouth

Type

War Memorial

Subjects

World War I

World War II

Vietnam War, 1960-1975

Korean War, 1950-1953

City

Plymouth

County

Washington

Description

The Washington County Veterans Memorial is made of granite that has been cut into shape of Washington County. It is a tablestone on a single base, eight-foot tall in total by five-feet wide. On the top right appears an incised Washington County seal. Cut into the base are the coat of arms for each military service, from left to right appear the Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard. Long, narrow strips of granite edging form a gravel filled rectangle around the memorial. A small stone plaque to Harold Woodley rests in the gravel filled area, stone plaques to the memorial committee and donors are in the brick sidewalk leading to the memorial.

Images: Close-up view | Far-off view | Sidewalk plaque | Donors plaque | Rear view | Memorial plaque to Harold S. Woodley | Battle of Plymouth (1928) and Washington County Veterans memorials in front of the courthouse building

Inscription

Front, along top: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

Front:[Left column] WORLD WAR I / JAMES E. JETHRO / GROVER C. OLIVER / BISMARK WHEELOCK
WOLRD WAR II / FERRELL AMBROSE / HUBERT W. ANGE / AUBREY ASBY / CLARENCE E. AYERS, JR. / BOSIE A. BATEMAN / WILLIAM W. BATEMAN / WILLIAM H. BENNETT / ALBERT T. BROOKS / ROSCOE J. BROWNING / WILLIAM S. COSTIN / GUILFORD CUTLER / ALFRED J. DAVENPORT / ERNEST J. DAVENPORT / RAYMOND T. DAVENPORT
[Center column, WWII cont.] LACY J. HALL, JR. / W. MITCHELL HAIRE / HILTON HARRIS / WILLIAM A. HOLTON / CHESTER HOPKINS, JR. / HARLEY JOHNSON / HENRY C. MARRINER / RUBIN E. MAYO / ERSEL T. PATRICK / THOMAS A. PATRICK, JR. / RUDOLPH RANSOME / ERNEST R. SAWYER / JESSE T. SNELL / W. EDWARD STILLMAN / HAROLD L. SWAIN / CHARLIE W. SYKES / HARVEY J. TAYLOR / DAVID W. WHITE / ELBERT L. WOODLEY
[Right column] KOREA / EDDIE G. BAKER / JOHN C. BLOUNT, JR. / RICHARD R. COOPER / CLARENCE C. DOWNING / CLYDE L. NORMAN / JENNINGS C. SPRUILL
VIETNAM / LESTER E. DOWNING / HURIEL L. MOORE / THOMAS NORMAN, JR. / JAMES P. SPRUILL / WALTER W. VAIL /

Front, bottom right: AND IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE / WHO SERVED IN ALL BRANCHES / OF THE ARMED SERVICES.

Rear: DEDICATED: NOVEMBER 11, 1987

In ground memorial plaque: IN HONOR OF / HAROLD S. WOODLEY / FOR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE / VETERANS OF WASHINGTON CO / 1969 – 2001

Sidewalk plaque: WASHINGTON COUNTY / VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE / HAROLD S. WOODLEY, CHAIRMAN AL / EDGAR BATEMAN, V.F.W. RODNEY ROGERSON, V.F.W. / SAM CARPENTER, A.L. C M STOKES, CH. CO. COMM. / THOMAS HOLMES, A.L. BENTON TETTERSON, A.L. / DOWARD JONES, A.L. MARK WOOLARD, A.L. / PLAQUE DONATED BY CLIFTON AND CLIFTON MON.

Donors plaque: THIS VETERANS MEMORIAL / WAS MADE POSSIBLE / WITH DONATIONS FROM / CITIZENS, CHURCHES, / BUSINESSES AND FRIENDS /

Custodian

Washington County

Dedication Date

November 11, 1987

Decade

1980s

Geographic Coordinates

35.866720 , -76.748790 View in Geobrowse

Supporting Sources

"Washington County Courthouse," The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.com, (accessed December 8, 2016) Link

“Washington County Veterans Memorial---Plymouth, NC,” Waymarking.com, (accessed November 29, 2016) Link

Public Site

Yes

Materials & Techniques

Granite

Sponsors

Veterans Memorial Committee

Location

The marker is located in front of the Washington County Courthouse to the right of the main entrance. The courthouse address is 120 Adams Street, Plymouth, NC. A short distance to the right is the Battle of Plymouth (1928) marker.

Landscape

The memorial stands on the front lawn of the courthouse building.