Hillsborough in Orange County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Eagle Lodge No. 71, A.F. and A.M.

World War I Memorial

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

1. Eagle Lodge No. 71, A.F. and A.M. Marker

Inscription.
In honor and memory of those members who served in the Great World War 1914-1918

Thomas Bacon • Wm. Eugene Berry • Harlan G. Coleman • John P. Dark, Jr. • S.M. Gattis, Jr. • Charles F. Haley • John H. Hughes • Sam L.W. Hughes • Jos. Edmund Latta • Roy W. McBroom • Fred A. McNeer • Norman O. Reeves • Marion B. Sparrow • Leroy R. Tapp • Roy L. Woods • Grover C. Wright

Went to camp but not accepted John T. Johnston • C.S. McDade • David E. Ray

Erected by Eagle Lodge No. 71, A.F. and A.M.

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

Location. 36° 4.537′ N, 79° 6.063′ W. Memorial is in Hillsborough, North Carolina, in Orange County. It is on West King Street 0.1 miles North Churton Street (State Highway 86), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 144 E W King St, Hillsborough NC 27278, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and in the Research Triangle.

It is also in the American

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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 walking distance of this marker: Town of Hillsborough (within shouting distance of this marker); Masonic Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Boone Expedition for Kentucky (about 500 feet away); Thomas Burke (about 500 feet away); Nash-Hooper House (about 600 feet away); Regulators Hanged (about 600 feet away); Orange County Courthouse, 1845-1957 (about 600 feet away); Old Town Cemetery (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsborough.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Edmund Fanning (was about 600 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on May 11, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photo 1. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.