Anson County Memorial Fountain

The memorial is a public drinking fountain dedicated to citizens of Anson County who died in World War One and to the heroes of the American Revolution. The featured speakers were Tom Byrd of Asheville, State Commander of the American Legion, and Colonel Hanford MacNider, National Commander of the American Legion. South: ERECTED IN HONOR OF ANSON COUNTY SOLDIERS / WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR TO PRESERVE / THE PRINCIPALS AND IDEALS OF AMERICAN / INDEPENDENCE AND TO VOUCHSAFE TO SUCCEEDING / GENERATION THE SUBLIME TRUTH AND THE SACRED / TRUTH OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. North: ERECTED BY THE THOMAS WADE CHAPTER / DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION / TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS THOSE HEROES / OF 1776, WHO MADE THIS AMERICA POSSIBLE / 1921