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

Currituck County War Memorial

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 7, 2024

1. Currituck County War Memorial Marker

Inscription. Erected by the citizens of Currituck County in honor of those who so heroically served in the armed forces of World War I, 1917 – 1918 and World War II, 1941 – 1945, and dedicated to the sacred memory of those who sacrificed their lives for democracy, peace, and justice.

World War I Percy O. Dowdy • Basil Snowden • Guy Enoch Payne • Bennett Walker • Christopher G. Perry • Lloyd L. Waterfield • Marvin G. Robertson • Ross L. White

World War II Clemon T. Adams • Alton C. Miller • Charlie Barnard • Tom Newbern • Walter S. Covington • Calvin R. O’Neal • Arnold L. Dozier • Edwin C. Overton • Ben Elliott, Jr. • Adrian Parker • Wilbert Frazier, Jr. • Ernest R. Randolph, Jr. • Edward D. Midgett • Lucian P. Thompson • Clarence E. Woodard

Erected by Citizens of Currituck County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 36° 26.988′ N, 76° 0.94′ W. Memorial is in Currituck, North Carolina, in Currituck County. It is on Courthouse Road 0.3 miles east of Caratoke Highway (North Carolina Route 168), on the left when

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traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 153 Courthouse Road, Currituck NC 27929, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Coastal Plain and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Currituck County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Currituck County Old Jail (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Joseph Pilmoor (approx. ¼ mile away); Hijacking Maple Leaf (approx. 2.6 miles away); Henry M. Shaw (approx. 5.3 miles away); Yeopim

Currituck County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 7, 2024

2. Currituck County War Memorial

(approx. 6.3 miles away); McKnight’s Shipyard (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Currituck.

Other markers no longer nearby. Currituck County Courthouse (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Maple Leaf (was approx. 2.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 10, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.