Yanceyville in Caswell County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

"Lest We Forget"

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2021

1. "Lest We Forget" Marker

Inscription.
This memorial is erected by the citizens of Caswell County with pride and grateful appreciation for the services of the Caswell boys who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the World War. M.K.S.

Whites Alvis Chandler • John Barker Thacker • Henry Anderson Solomon • Benjamin Franklin Brooks • Algernon Sidney Neal • Roy Pattillo • Edwin Moore • George Thomas Warren • Gernie M. Smith

Colored John Lynn • John Lea • Moses Jeffress • Thomas Phelps • Alexander Harris • Willie Warren • Lawrence Lea • Byrd Fuller • Ruffin Lea

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 36° 24.209′ N, 79° 20.188′ W. Memorial is in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in Caswell County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (County Road 1163) and Court Square, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 202 Court Square, Yanceyville NC 27379, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the

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American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Confederate Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Honoring Nicholas Longworth Dillard (within shouting distance of this marker); Caswell Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); September 11, 2001 Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Veteran's Walk (within shouting distance of this marker); Long's Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Courthouse Fence (1861-1941) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yanceyville.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

2. "Lest We Forget" Marker

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

3. "Lest We Forget" Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 310 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3. submitted on July 8, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia.