Vance Memorial Obelisk, Asheville NC
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arby101ca
N 35° 35.703 W 082° 33.091
17S E 359448 N 3940142
In Pack Square in the heart of downtown Asheville stands a tall obelisk, the memorial for Zebulon Vance, Governor of North Carolina in the Civil War. This is also called the "monument to tolerance".
Waymark Code: WMF3FY
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2012
Views: 11
Zebulon Baird Vance was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator. An influential leader,he spoke and wrote movingly against what he called "the wickedness and the folly of intolerance." Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods.
Date Created/Placed: 22 Dec 1897
Address:
Pack Square, Asheville NC
Height: about 20 meters
Illuminated: no
Website: [Web Link]
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