NPS Photo Online Tour Stop 10- The Fallen “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we forget in time that men have died to win them.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt At best, monuments allow one to forget, to file stories away, like files in a filing cabinet. Only to be retrieved when we need to remember. Moores Creek National Battlefield remembers those who gave their lives so that we may enjoy our freedom today, with two monuments. The first is the Patriot Monument, or sometimes called the Grady Monument. This monument is a sandstone obelisk placed on the battlefield in 1857, in honor of the first North Carolinian to give his life on a contested battlefield for an American Independence, John Grady. NPS Photo Previous Page | Home | Next Page Page: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) |
Last updated: August 12, 2020