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War Memorials & Military Museums in North Carolina

58 war memorials and 13 military museums in North Carolina — places to remember and learn, listed by town with a map.

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Military museums (13)

NameCityAddressContact
North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame
Hours: Th-Su 11:00-17:00
Asheboro2222 Pilots View Road 27205+1-336-625-0170
American Military Museumnear Charlotte
Sullenberger Aviation Museum
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su 12:00-16:30
Charlotte4108 Minuteman Way 28208+1-704-997-3770
Website
General William C Lee Airborne MuseumDunn209 West Divine Street 28334
Airborne and Special Operations Museum
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00, Su 12:00-16:00; PH off
Fayetteville100 Bragg Boulevard+1 910-643-2778
Website
82nd Airborne Division MuseumFort Bragg5108 Ardennes Road 28310
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museumnear Fort Bragg
Hickory Aviation Museum
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-15:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 13:00-16:00
near HickoryWebsite
Port-o-Plymouth Civil War MuseumPlymouth302 East Water Street 27962
Attmore-Oliver Civil War Housenear Vanceboro
Duplin County Veterans MuseumWarsaw119 East Hill Street 28398
G I Joe Military Museum-Salute—
North Carolina Military History Museum—

Where Medal of Honor recipients rest in North Carolina

War memorials

Monuments to veterans and the fallen, from Civil War soldiers’ statues to Vietnam and Gold Star memorials, grouped by town.

NameCityAddressContact
American Veterans Post 240near Asheboro
Bentonville Civil War Memorialnear Benson
Bentonville Civil War Statuenear Benson
Cabarrus County Confederate Soldiers Monument
“1861 - 1865. / In Memoriam. / This Monument Is Erected To / the Memory of the Confederate Dead / of Cabarrus County, N.C. / With granite...”
near CharlotteWebsite
Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monumentnear Charlotte
North Carolina Korean War Memorialnear Charlotte
Stumptown Veterans Memorialnear Charlotte
Vietnam Veterans' Memorialnear Charlotte
World War I Memorialnear Charlotte
Archer Lodge Veterans Memorialnear Clayton
Knightdale Veterans Memorialnear ClaytonWebsite
General Theophilus Hunter Holmes Confederate Memorialnear Dunn
Old Bluff Church Civil War Trails Markernear Dunn
Veteran's Memorialnear Fort Bragg
Garner Veterans' Memorialnear Garner
Veteran's Memorial of Wake Forestnear Garner
Catawba County War Memorialnear Hickory
Private George Rabb Confederate Memorial Parknear Hickory
Veterans Garden of Honor
“Dedicated November 7, 2015”
near Hickory
9/11 World Trade Center Beam
“Steel Beam From World Trade Center / Dedicated July 4, 2003 / Presented by The Fire Family Transport Foundation of the NYC Fire...”
Jacksonville911 Lejeune Boulevard 28540Website
Beirut Memorialnear JacksonvilleWebsite
Montford Point Marine Memorialnear JacksonvilleWebsite
Vietnam Veterans Memorialnear Jacksonville
African American Soldier Gold Star
“THE HIGH POINT CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THE INJUSTICE COMMITTED IN MARCH 1944 BY THE CITY OF HIGH POINT WHEN AFRICAN AMERICAN SERVICE...”
near Kernersville
Guilford County Veterans' Memorialnear KernersvilleWebsite
High Point Veterans' Memorial
“THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE / MEMORY AND HONOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED BRAVELY IN OUR ARMED FORCES IN BOTH TIMES OF WAR AND IN...”
near Kernersville
Vietnam Veterans Memorialnear Kernersville
World War II Honor Roll,near Kernersville
Lewisville Veteran's Monumentnear King
Veterans Memorial GardenMebaneNorth 3rd Street
WWII Memorialnear Pinehurst
Ring of Honornear Salisbury
World War II Memorialnear Vanceboro
Veteran's Memorialnear Wake County
Pinetops War Memorialnear Walstonburg
America's 1st Attempt at Civil War Reunification—
Avery County Veterans Memorial—
Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar
“On January 11, 1862, the Burnside Expedition left for Fort Monroe, Virginia destined for Hatteras Inlet 120 miles to the south. Two days...”
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Currituck County Civil War Memorial—
Flagship USS Minnesota
“USS Minnesota, a wooden steam frigate built in 1855, was the flagship for the Atlantic Blockading Squadron commanded by Flag Officer...”
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Fort Clark
“Hatteras Inlet, defended by Forts Clark and Hatteras, was a strategic port of entry for troops and supplies providing deep water access...”
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Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
“A Tribute to Gold Star Families and Relatives who sacrificed a Loved One for out Freedom”
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Historic Civil War Marker—
Jackson County Armed Forces Memorial—
Jackson County Veterans Memorial—
Marion Veteran Memorial—
Maritime Casualties of the American Civil War—
Monument to Cornelius Harnett—
New Hanover County War Memorial—
North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest—
Swain County War Dead Memorial—
the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial—
To the Soldiers of the Confederacy—
Veterans Memorial—
Veterans Memorial—
Veterns Memorial—
Watauga County Veterans Memorial—
Yancey County Veterans Memorial—

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