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

Andrews High School Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 21, 2026

1. Andrews High School Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial

Inscription.
In honor and memory of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Andrews Post 7620
Erected 8 September 1997 by Andrews High School
"Lest we forget"

Erected 1997 by Andrews High School.

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

Location. 35° 11.71′ N, 83° 49.502′ W. Memorial is in Andrews, North Carolina, in Cherokee County. It can be reached from AHS Wildcat Drive, on the right when traveling south. Inside Hugh Hamilton Stadium. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 AHS Wildcat Drive, Andrews NC 28901, 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 original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of

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America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Valleytown Center (approx. 0.3 miles away); Harold H. Hall (approx. half a mile away); The "Peavine" Special (approx. half a mile away); Fort Delaney (approx. ¾ mile away); Resistance and Resurgence on Valley River (approx. ¾ mile away); Konehete (approx. ¾ mile away); The Old Army Road (approx. ¾ mile away); Junaluska (approx. 8.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Andrews.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2026. This page has been viewed 16 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on March 21, 2026. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.