Downtown in Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Zebulon Baird Vance
1830 - 1894
Photographed by Paul Jordan, March 7, 2011
1. Zebulon Baird Vance Statue
(right side) The subjection of every passion and prejudice...to the cooler sway of judgment and reason, when the common welfare is concerned, is the first victory to be won.
(back of marker: left side) The country turns toward her young men and calls them to lead the way in preaching and practicing hope. You are required, above all, to teach our people to look up from the crumbling ashes and prostrate columns of the present ruin, to the majestic proportions and surpassing grandeur of that temple which may yet be built by the hand which labors, the mind which conceives and the great soul which faints not.
(back of marker: right side) Well and truly North Carolina performed her duty, as the result on many a stricken field will show. First and last she sent to the armies of the Confederacy, not relatively, but absolutely, more soldiers than any other state in the south; furnished more supplies, equipped her troops better....There was not a sacrifice which she was called upon to make for the good of the southern cause that she did not make, and make cheerfully.
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Location. 35° 46.786′ N, 78° 38.329′ W. Marker is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Downtown. It is on East Morgan Street, on the left when traveling east. The marker is on the grounds of the NC State Capitol. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 45 E Morgan St, Raleigh NC 27601, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and in the Research Triangle. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 walking distance of this marker: Geodetic Survey Stones (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Duncan Mc Iver (within shouting distance of this marker); Andrew Johnson (within shouting distance of this marker); State Capitol (within shouting distance of this marker); N.C. Pharmaceutical Association (within shouting distance of this marker); Presidents North Carolina Gave The Nation (within shouting distance of this marker); Worth Bagley (within shouting distance of this marker); N.C. State Capitol (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.
Another marker is no longer nearby. To the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by Paul Jordan, March 7, 2011
2. Zebulon Baird Vance Memorial (left side)
Photographed by Paul Jordan, March 7, 2011
3. Zebulon Baird Vance Memorial (right side)
Photographed by Paul Jordan, March 7, 2011
4. Zebulon Baird Vance Memorial
Photographed by Paul Jordan, March 7, 2011
5. Back of Memorial
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6. Back Center of Memorial
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7. Back Left Inscription
Photographed by Paul Jordan, March 7, 2011
8. Back Right Inscription
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2011, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. This page has been viewed 1,248 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 27, 2011, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
