James Rogers McConnell Memorial - Carthage, NC
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NCDaywalker
N 35° 20.756 W 079° 25.041
17S E 643815 N 3912556
This is a memorial to a favorite son of the community of Carthage, NC. It honors the life of Mr James Rogers McConnell, a WWI aviator who gave his life in the service of the LaFayette Escadrille.
Waymark Code: WM81A2
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2010
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This marker was placed to honor this brave North Carolinian for his service in WWI as a founder and flyer with the LaFayette Escadrille.
The obelisk is inscribed to honor him and reads as follows:
(side facing courthouse)He fought with ardour, for he fought unstained, he died with glory, for he died for truth, he gave unreckoning the gain or loss, his hopes, his dreams, hispromise and his youth, (side facing street) James Rogers McConnell, a citizen of Carthage joined the French Army early in 1915, after 2 years of distinguished serivce, fell in heroic battle with German aeroplanes on March 19, 1917, he fought for humanity, liberty and democracy, lighted the way for his countrymen and showed all men how to dare nobly and die gloriously. A founder of the Lafayette Escadrille. A bronze plaque reads In Honor Of James Rogers McConnell 1887-1917
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Height: Approx 25 feet
Illuminated: no
Date Created/Placed: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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