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

September 11, 2001 Memorial

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

1. September 11, 2001 Memorial Marker

Inscription. The steel girder in the memorial center was recovered from Tower No. 2 of the World Trade Center and gifted to the Town of Yanceyville by D. H. Griffin Companies, Greensboro, NC.

This memorial plaza is dedicated in memory of the victims of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent War on Terror

This memorial plaza is established as a result of the support and contibution of former Senator Hugh B. Webster, Senator Phil Berger and the North Carolina General Assembly

Erected 2023 by Town of Yanceyville.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list.

Location. 36° 24.226′ N, 79° 20.175′ W. Memorial is in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in Caswell County. It is on Court Square. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 198 Court Square, Yanceyville NC 27379, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally,

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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: Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring Nicholas Longworth Dillard (within shouting distance of this marker); "Lest We Forget" (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Caswell Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); The Veteran's Walk (within shouting distance of this marker); Long's Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Courthouse Fence (1861-1941) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yanceyville.

September 11, 2001 Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

2. September 11, 2001 Memorial

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

3. September 11, 2001 Memorial

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

4. WTC Girder

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025

5. September 11, 2001 Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 7, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.