Col. Frederick Hambright, Kings Mountain National Military Park, Blacksburg (SC)
The Colonel Fredrick Hambright memorial is a bronze plaque attached to a large flat faced, irregular shaped boulder. The simple plaque is unadorned aside from the spinning wheel insignia of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
THIS TABLET / MARKS THE SPOT WHERE / COL. FREDERICK HAMBRIGHT / WAS WOUNDED / ERECTED BY / COL. FREDERICK HAMBRIGHT CHAPTER / DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
National Park Service, Kings Mountain National Military Park
October 7, 1931
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Bronze, stone
Colonel Fredrick Hambright Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
Dr. Delia Dixon Carrol of Raleigh, a descendant of Colonel Hambright, gave the principal address for the dedication of the maker on the 151st anniversary of the battle. “It was this brave band of tutored mountaineers,” she said, “who not only here turned the tide against the British hold on America, but who showed Washington and his troops how to fight and win in the wilderness.” This was one of two makers dedicated on this day. A memorial to Colonel Ashbury Coward was dedicated in the morning with retired army Major General John M. Jenkins the featured speaker. After a picnic lunch the memorial to Colonel Hambright was dedicated.
The marker is located, along with numerous other memorials, along a 1.5 mile walking trail around the Kings Mountain Battlefield on the eastern side of the park. The Kings Mountain National Military Park address is 2625 Park Rd, Blacksburg, SC 29702.
The marker is located in the heavily forested landscape of the park.
Every October 7th, the Park honors those who fought at Kings Mountain by holding a morning wreath laying ceremony at the US Monument and a program in the amphitheater at 3:00, the time the battle began. There are different events scheduled in the park throughout the year.
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