Lenoir County WWI and WWII Memorial, Kinston

The monument is a marble structure that is placed on a raised pediment base. The center is a vertical rectangle with an eagle etched in the top with outstretched wings. Below the eagle is an inscription, which is framed inside a recessed rectangle. The sides of the monument are plain marble panels that cascade down from the center face. They descend 2 and 1/2 feet shorter on either side of the center. These rectangular panels are also vertical and angle slightly back from the center face. On the left side panel facing the monument are the names of Lenoir County citizens who fought in WWI and on the right side panel are the names of those that fought in WWII. Slightly angled are slender vertical pieces of marble that finish the monument on either side. They are etched down the front with long straight indentations to look like flat front columns. Inscription Center, panel: 1917- 1918 1941-1945 / IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE / TOWARD THE LIVING AND / THE DEAD WHO THROUGH / THEIR VALIANT EFFORTS / AND BITTER SACRIFICE / HAVE MADE AMERICA / GREAT IS THIS SHRINE SO / NOBLY DEDICATED / MAY GOD GRANT THAT / THE LIBERTY O MANKIND / WHICH ONLY BRAVE SOULS / WIN AND ONLY VIGILANCE / CAN GUARD SHALL LIVE / ON WITH GREATER/ VIRILITY TO PERPETUATE / ITSELF FOR ALL AGES TO / COME