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Hertford County WWI Memorial

 
 
Hertford County WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012
1. Hertford County WWI Memorial
Inscription.
1915 The World War 1918
Erected to the memory of
Hertford County Heroes
who freely gave their all
to their Country’s call

 
Erected by Schools of Hertford County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 36° 23.822′ N, 76° 55.988′ W. Memorial is in Winton, North Carolina, in Hertford County. It is at the intersection of King Street and Cross Street, on the left when traveling north on King Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Winton NC 27986, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burning of Winton (within shouting distance of this marker); Hertford County UDC Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Burning of Winton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Early Exploration (approx. 0.6 miles away); Chowan Academy (approx. 0.8 miles away); Meherrin Town (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lemuel W. Boone (approx. 2.4 miles away); Potecasi Creek (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winton.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Burning of Winton (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Hertford County WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 27, 2012
2. Hertford County WWI Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 585 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
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