Documenting the American South

Monument Name

Franklin County World War Two Memorial Plaque, Louisburg

Type

Plaque

Subjects

World War II

City

Louisburg

County

Franklin

Description

The Franklin County World War Two memorial plaque is a rectangular bronze tablet with a darkened background. The tablet is unadorned aside from a small American eagle between the dates 1941 and 1944 near the top. The approximate size is two feet wide and four feet high.

Inscription

1941 1945 / HONORING THOSE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY / WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE / HONOR ROLL / [Left column] THOMAS W. ALLEN / GRADY ARNOLD / WILLIAM HENRY AYCOCK / PERRY W. AYSCUE / ALEX H. BAILEY / WILLIAM A. BANKS / WILLIAM H. BRANTLEY / NATHANIEL C. CARTER / WILLIAM THOMAS CLIFTON / JAMES B. COLLIER / WILLIAM T. COOKE / HARVEY BRUCE EDWARDS / HORACE P. EDWARDS / JOSEPH W. FREEMAN, JR. / JUDSON F. GRAY / CHARLIE R. HARRIS / JAMES O. HAYES / SPENCER R. HAYES / JULIUS P. HENDRICKS / JOHN H. HIGHT / [Center column] CLEVELAND HOLDEN HOLMES / NELSON P. INGRAM, JR. / WILLIAM H. M. JENKINS, JR. / JAMES HENRY JOYNER / ARTHUR C. LA MARR, JR. / CLARENCE BROWN LATHAM / RICHARD C. LAYTON / MALCOLM HEDRICK LEIGH / LONNIE WHITSON LLOYD / JEWEL C. MITCHELL / JOHN D. MITCHINER / WALLACE MONTAGUE / HORACE MULLIN / JOHN E. NELMS, JR. / LESLEY F. NELMS / ANDREW LEE NICHOLSON / WILLIAM D. PARRISH / WILLIE N. PENDELTON / ROBERT EDWARD PERNELL / [Right column] HENRY S. PERSON / COLEEN M. PRESNELL / OLIVER J. ROCHESTER / HARRY THOMAS ROGERS, JR. / WARREN C. STALLINGS / WILSON D. STALLINGS / RAEFORD R. SUGGS / CLYDE THORNE / ELIZABETH GRAY TIMBERLAKE / JAMES W. VAUGNAN / RAEFORD FRANKLIN WHELESS / LUTHER R. WHITE / PAUL WILDER / CLARENCE F. WINSTON / NELSON B. WOOD / KENNETH WOODLIEF / LOYD WRENN / EDWARD F. WRIGHT / WILEY WRIGHT / TOMMIE YOUNG

Custodian

Franklin County

Dedication Date

Circa 1960

Decade

1960s

Geographic Coordinates

36.098770 , -78.300990 View in Geobrowse

Supporting Sources

Daniel, Bobby. “Franklin County Courthouse In Louisburg, North Carolina,” bobbystuff.com, Oct 30, 2015, (accessed September 28, 2022) Link

Public Site

Yes

Materials & Techniques

Bronze

Location

The World War II memorial plaque is located on the front wall of the Franklin County Courthouse at 102 N. Main St., Louisburg, NC. The Vietnam War memorial plaque is next to it. The memorial First Confederate Flag and Its Designer O.R. Smith stands in front of the courthouse.

Landscape

A Vietnam War and three other memorial plaques detailing the history of the Franklin County Courthouse are also present on the front wall of the courthouse.