Belmont in Gaston County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Belmont World War II Memorial

The Spirit Of The Fighting Yank

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 13, 2015

1. Belmont World War II Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Erected In Honor Of
All Who Served In World War II
And Dedicated To
The Everlasting Memory Of Those
Who Gave Their Lives.

Erected 1946 by the Citizens of Belmont.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 35° 14.52′ N, 81° 2.302′ W. Memorial is in Belmont, North Carolina, in Gaston County. It can be reached from the intersection of South Main Street and Airline Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6 South Main Street, Belmont NC 28012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Piedmont

and in Greater Charlotte.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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 States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Piedmont & Northern RR Depot (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Belmont City Hall (about 700 feet away); William Chronicle (approx. 0.2 miles away); S.P. & E.P. Stowe House (approx. half a mile away); Belmont Abbey College (approx. 0.8 miles away); Goshen Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); South Fork Boys (approx. 1.1 miles away); André Michaux Visit (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belmont.

More about this memorial. Monument was vandalized in 2012 at its former location at Belmont High School. Restored and moved here as part of a veterans plaza in 2014.

Also see . . . University of North Carolina documented information on monument. (Submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Belmont World War II Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 13, 2015

2. Belmont World War II Monument

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 13, 2015

3. Belmont World War II Monument

Belmont World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 13, 2015

4. Belmont World War II Memorial

WW II Monument plaques and inscriptions. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 13, 2015

5. WW II Monument plaques and inscriptions.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 716 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.