Historical Marker
World War II
Historical marker location:
1930 Court St, Roxboro, North Carolina
( Memorial is on Court Street just west of North Main Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2009
1941 - 1945.
The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited much of western North Carolina before being forcibly removed by the federal government in the 1800s. Today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still maintains a reservation in the western part of the state.