Topics Related to World War I

Mary Lapham 1860-1936 (Q-60)

Physician; innovator in treatment of tuberculosis. Served in Europe, WWI; operated a sanatorium here, 1908-1918.

Anne Penland 1885-1976 (P-97)

Nurse anesthetist. Her WWI service influenced British medical corps to train female anesthetists, 1918. Home was here.

Sunburst (P-92)

Model logging village established in 1905. Supplied lumber to WWI effort & Champion paper mill. Flooded by Lake Logan, 1932. Was here.

Kiffin Y. Rockwell (P-44)

World War I soldier, aviator. First pilot of Escadrille Lafayette to shoot down enemy plane. Killed in action, Sept. 23, 1916. Home 200 yds. W.

Hot Springs (P-24)

Health resort since 1800. Name changed from Warm Springs, 1886. Internment camp for Germans in World War I was here.

Morris Field (L-118)

A U.S. Army air base, 1941-1946. Named for Maj. William Morris, WWI pilot. The 5,000 acre facility became airport at this site.

Annie Alexander 1864-1929 (L-116)

First female physician licensed in N.C., 1885. Acting assistant surgeon at Camp Greene during WWI. Office was here.

Lt. Samuel I. Parker (L-100)

One of two North Carolinians awarded Medal of Honor for valor in World War I (France, 1918). Born 1 blk. SE.

Ferdinand Foch (L-32)

Commander-in-chief of Allied armies, 1918, made a speech at the Union County Courthouse, on December 9, 1921.

Lee S. Overman (L-27)

United States Senator, 1903-30, a leading supporter of Wilson's war policies, Speaker of House of Representatives. His home is here.