Glen Alpine in Burke County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Glen Alpine Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025
1. Glen Alpine Veterans Memorial Marker
Honoring all who served
The nation which forgets it's defenders will itself be forgotten
Dedicated to all veterans in remembrance of Pearlie F. and Ethel J. Costner
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 35° 43.687′ N, 81° 46.779′ W. Memorial is in Glen Alpine, North Carolina, in Burke County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 70) and Catawba Street (North Carolina Road 1147), on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 102 E Main Street, Glen Alpine NC 28628, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Honor of Our Veterans / The Old School Bell (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Swan Ponds Cemetery (approx. 1.9 miles away); Greenlee Ford (approx. 3.6 miles away); The Crossing (approx. 3.6 miles away); Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 3.6 miles away); Quaker Meadows Cemetery Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Quaker Meadows (approx. 3.9 miles away); Andrι Michaux (approx. 3.9 miles away).
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025
2. Full view Glen Alpine Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 170 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 21, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
