Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Nantahala National Forest, NC
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| A large boulder with a plaque dedicated to Joyce Kilmer. The plaque reads: "JOYCE KILMER MEMORIAL FOREST DEDICATED JULY 30 1936 JOYCE KILMER 165TH INFANTRY RAINBOW DIVISION SOLDIER AND POET WRITER OF TREES BORN IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ DECEMBER 1886 KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JULY 30 1918 THIS MEMORIAL WAS INITIATED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARY THE AREA SELECTED BY THE US FOREST SERVICE" |
