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Camp Greene

 
 
Camp Greene Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Pat Filippone, June 21, 2017
1. Camp Greene Marker
Inscription. World War I training camp operated here on 6,000 acres, 1917-1919. Named for Revolutionary War Gen. Nat'l Greene.
 
Erected 1999 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-25.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US RevolutionaryWar, World I. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.
 
Location. 35° 13.5′ N, 80° 52.65′ W. Marker is in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It is in Ashley Park. It is on West Morehead Street (U.S. 29) north of Arty Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charlotte NC 28208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Camp Greene (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Rudisill Lode (Vein) (approx. 1.1 miles away); John E. Penman (approx. 1.2 miles away); S.B. Alexander (approx. 1.2 miles away); Nebel Knitting Mill (approx. 1.4 miles away); Chalmers Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Mike McCormack (approx. 1½ miles away); Walter Brem House (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.
 
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Camp Greene Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
2. Camp Greene Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2017, by Pat Filippone of Stockton, California. This page has been viewed 806 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on July 27, 2017, by Pat Filippone of Stockton, California.   2. submitted on March 2, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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