L 100 Samuel I Parker
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N 34° 58.696 W 080° 33.106
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Robert L. Blackwell of Hurdle Mills in Person County and Samuel I. Parker of Monroe in Union County were the only North Carolinians to receive the Medal of Honor for service in World War I.
Waymark Code: WMM159
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2014
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Marker ID: L 100
Marker Text:
Samuel I Parker
One of two North Carolinians awarded Medal of Honor for valor in World War I (France, 1918). Born 1 blk. SE.
Essay:
The award, the military’s highest, is for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty.” Since the medal’s creation during the Civil War, over 3,400 men and one woman have been so cited, thirty-three from North Carolina and eight of those in World War II. The award, also called the Congressional Medal of Honor, requires the close examination of all available evidence by the military. Parker also received the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart. President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the Medal of Honor to Parker in 1936 in a White House ceremony attended by Douglas MacArthur. Samuel Parker’s brother, John J. Parker, was President Herbert Hoover’s nominee for the Supreme Court rejected by the Senate in 1930.
Location: NC 200 (Charlotte Avenue) at Lancaster Avenue in Monroe, NC
Casating: 2001-N
Marker Name: L 100 Samuel I Parker
Marker Type: Roadside
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