Robert E. Lee Memorial Highway

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is on Gervais Street (U.S. 1-378), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1938

The USS Yorktown, a World War II-era aircraft carrier that now serves as a museum ship, is docked in Charleston Harbor. The ship played a key role in the Pacific Theater of the war, including the Battle of Midway.