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Transylvania County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial

 
 
Transylvania County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, July 24, 2022
1. Transylvania County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In Loving Memory of those who
made the Supreme Sacrifice
for their Country

D. Monroe Wilson • Boyd Wiley Ross • Thomas Joseph Turner • Brance Lorenzo Glazener • Ellis Freeman Barton • Scott Doggin • Buford Raines

 
Erected by National League for Woman's Service.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 35° 16.477′ N, 82° 42.437′ W. Memorial is in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, in Transylvania County. It is on Pisgah Highway (U.S. 276) 0.2 miles west of Asheville Highway (North Carolina Route 280), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 128 US-276, Pisgah Forest NC 28768, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee
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Nation, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Transylvania County World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Estatoe Path (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Snapshot in Time / Byway Hightlights (approx. 0.2 miles away); Allison-Deaver House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Witness Tree (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named The Allison-Deaver House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Farming Davidson River Valley (approx. 1.9 miles away); Brevard College (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pisgah Forest.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 230 times since then and 24 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on January 30, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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