Monroe in Union County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

World War II Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 18, 2021

1. World War II Memorial

Inscription. Dedicated to the memory of our sons who fought and died in World War II

Erected by Gold Star Mothers of Union County.

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

Location. 34° 58.451′ N, 80° 31.365′ W. Memorial is in Monroe, North Carolina, in Union County. It is on Hospital Drive just north of East Franklin Street (County Road 2100), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1423 E Franklin St, Monroe NC 28112, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Piedmont

and in Greater Charlotte.

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

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as the crow flies: Camp Sutton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wade-Ins (approx. 0.8 miles away); Robert F. Williams (approx. 1.6 miles away); T. Walter Bickett (approx. 1.6 miles away); Union County Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Ferdinand Foch (approx. 1.6 miles away); Union County World War II Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Union County Confederate Pensioners of Color Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monroe.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 26 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 23, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.