Sparta in Alleghany County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Alleghany County War Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

1. Alleghany County War Memorial
(southwest side)

Inscription.
[southwest side]Coast Guard • Army • Air Force • Navy • Marine Corps

☆
Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of our Men and Women who served our Country in War and Peace
☆[northeast side]Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bruce Wayne Osborne Post #7034
June 1990

Revolutionary War
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Iraq War
Afghanistan War

Erected 1990 by Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bruce Wayne Osborne Post #7034.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 36° 30.345′ N, 81° 7.253′ W. Memorial is in Sparta, North Carolina, in Alleghany County. It is on North Main Street (U.S. 21) just north of East Whitehead Street (State Highway 18), on the right when traveling north. Memorial is located at the northwest corner of the Alleghany County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 12 North Main Street, Sparta NC 28675, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the High Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rufus A. Doughton (here, next to this marker); Boone Trail Highway (a few steps

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from this marker); Robert Lee Doughton (a few steps from this marker); Sparta (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tillers of the Land - Then and Now (approx. 5.2 miles away); Stone Mountain (approx. 5.9 miles away); a different marker also named Robert Lee Doughton (approx. 6 miles away); Brinegar Cabin (approx. 6.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sparta.

Alleghany County War Memorial<br>(<i>northeast side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

2. Alleghany County War Memorial
(northeast side)

Alleghany County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 2, 2021

3. Alleghany County War Memorial

(looking northeast • Alleghany County Courthouse in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 1, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.