Meadows Memorial Parade Field

Historical marker location:

2929 Desert Storm Drive, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Desert Storm Drive, 0.1 miles west of Yadkin Road & Reilly Street intersection when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1997

In Memory of Major Richard J. Meadows. 16 June 1931 29 July 1995.

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.