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High Point in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Capus Waynick

1889-1986

 
 
Capus Waynick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 17, 2021
1. Capus Waynick Marker
Inscription. Newspaperman and public official; ambassador to Nicaragua and Columbia; adviser to governor on racial affairs, 1963-64. Grave is Ό mile S.E.
 
Erected 2014 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-118.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. 35° 57.965′ N, 80° 0.649′ W. Marker is in High Point, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is on North Hamilton Street south of Montlieu Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 124 Montlieu Ave, High Point NC 27262, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the 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: Maxwell Reid Thurman (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. C.S. Grayson House (approx. Ό mile away); Confederate Soldiers Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Oakwood Memorial Cemetery “Colored Section” (approx. 0.3 miles away); Camp Fisher (approx. half a mile away); Washington Street Historic District (approx. 0.6 miles away); Confederate Arms Factory
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(approx. 0.6 miles away); High Point Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in High Point.
 
Capus Waynick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 17, 2021
2. Capus Waynick Marker
<i>Anastasio Somoza and Capus Waynick</i> image. Click for full size.
courtesy of East Carolina University, 1949
3. Anastasio Somoza and Capus Waynick
"Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza (left) and United States Ambassador to Nicaragua Capus Waynick sitting in the back seat of an automobile."
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 311 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on February 13, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   3. submitted on June 20, 2021. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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