Yadkin County War Memorial, Yadkinville
The granite monument has a center column flanked by two smaller columns. The center
column rests on a double base and the flanking columns rest on a single base; all surrounded by
a walk made of stone pavers. On the front of the center column is a poem titled “Old Glory”.
The left column has carved insignia representing the Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast
Guard. Carved into the right column is a representation of the flag being raised over Iwo Jima in
World War Two. The names of men from Yadkin County who have died at wars are
inscribed on the back of the three columns. Standing directly behind the monument is a flag
pole.
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Side view |
Front, center column |
Front, base for center column |
Front, top of left column |
Front, top of right column |
Rear, center column |
Rear, left column |
Rear, right column
Front, center column: OLD GLORY / I AM THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER…… / CONCEIVED IN
1777 OUT OF THE LOVE / AMERICA BORE FOR LIBERTY AND HONOR. / I AM THE MEMORIAL OF
COUNTLESS HEROES / WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD TO PRESERVE THIS / SACRED HERITAGE. / I
HAVE INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF GALLANT / MEN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST TYRANNY. / I AM
THE SPIRIT OF VALLEY FORGE… / OF SACRIFICE…OF COURAGE. / I HAVE GUARDED EVERY
RAMPART WHERE / FREEDOM DEFENDED ITS GLORIOUS CAUSE. / TRIPOLI..BELLEAU
WOOD..ARGONNE FOREST.. / OMAHA BEACH..ANZIO..BASTOGNE.. / GUADALCANAL..CORAL
SEA.. / LEYTE GULF..IWO JIMA..KOREA.. / VIET NAM. / I FLY EVERYWHERE AMERICANS GAVE
THEIR LIVES / TO PRESERVE THE SANCTITY OF LIFE. / MY HOME IS IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO
FEEL / A THRILL OF PRIDE WHEN THEY SALUTE ME / AND WHAT I SYMBOLIZE - / GOD,
COUNTRY, FREEDOM / VALOR
Front, base for center column: SPONSORED AND ERECTED BY / YADKINVILLE POST 10346
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS / DEDICATED MAY 25, 1987
Front, top of left column: IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM YADKIN COUNTY
Front, top of right column: WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRFICE
Front, bottom of left column: IWO JIMA – FEBRUARY 23, 1945
Rear, center column: 1861 CIVIL WAR 1965 / [Two columns with 230 names total]
Rear, left column: 1941-WORLD WAR II-1945 / [Three columns with 59 names total]
Rear, right column: [Column one] SPANISH- / AMERICAN / WAR-1898 / CLINTON BRYANT /
[Column two] 1917-WORLD WAR I-1918 / CLYDE FLETCHER / WALTER (BOUGE) HUTCHENS /
ALBERT MACY / AUGBURN MARTIN / WILL MYERS / RISDEN S. PARKS / WILLIAM MILLET
PHILLIPS / BEAVER T. RUPARD / MINOR MONROE VESTAL / 1990-GULF WAR / DANIEL FREEMAN
SWAIN / [Column three] 1950-KOREAN WAR-1953 / WILLIAM GRAY BELL / ENOCH GORDON
CROWE / JOHNSON HALL / FLOYD W. MARTIN, JR. / 1959-VIETNAM- 1975 / JERRY FORD /
RICHARD G. JOYCE / FRANCIS J. PRUITT / JACK SIZEMORE, SR. / DAVID SHAFFNER / LARRY
WILSON HUTCHENS
Yadkin County
May 25, 1987
36.134500 , -80.659130
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“Vietnam Veterans Memorials in North Carolina,” North Carolina Vietnam Veterans of American, (accessed February 15, 2016) Link
“Yadkin County Courthouse—1851-1958,” in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (PO77), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Link
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Granite
Yadkinville Post 10346 Veterans of Foreign Wars
The memorial is located to the right side of the Yadkin County Courthouse, at the intersection of S. State Street and Old U.S. 421. The courthouse address is 101 S. State Street, Yadkinville, NC. The courthouse in use in 1913 was torn down in 1958 and replaced with the current building. A Daniel Boone’s Trail marker stands in front of the courthouse a few feet from and to the left of the front entrance.
The memorial stands in a small lawn area, under a large tree.
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