Topics Related to World War I

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.

Camp Greene (L-25)

World War I training camp operated here on 6,000 acres, 1917-1919. Named for Revolutionary War Gen. Nat'l Greene.

James McConnell 1887-1917 (K-65)

World War I soldier; aviator. Flew for France in Lafayette Escadrille. Killed in action, March 19, 1917. Lived 1 mi. W.

Walter Hines Page (K-1)

Ambassador to Great Britain during World War, journalist, editor, publisher. Tomb one mile east.

Robert Opie Lindsay 1894-1952 (J-121)

Fighter pilot. State's only WWI ace. Shot down 6 German planes, 1918. Born 1 mi. SW.

Fort Bragg (I-17)

Est. 1918 as a U.S. field artillery training base. Was originally named for Braxton Bragg, renamed Fort Liberty, 2023.

William C. Lee (H-50)

U.S. Army, 1917-1948. Pioneer in organizing Army airborne units; Major general, World War II. Home is 2 blocks, grave 1 mile, west.

N.C. State Fair ,1873-1925 / State Exposition of 1884 / Camp Polk, 1918 (H-34)

Location: Hillsborough Street in RaleighCounty: WakeOriginal Date Cast: 1940(Text of marker follows)

'Tiny' Broadwick 1893-1978 (G-117)

Aviation pioneer & first woman to parachute from an airplane, 1913. Demonstrated uses of parachutes to Army, 1914. Grave 200 yds. N.

Robert L. Blackwell (G-87)

Posthumous winner of Congressional Medal of Honor. Died in battle at St. Souflet, France, Oct. 1918. Born and reared about 250 yards north.