A subcommittee of Vance County’s America 250 group is in the process of collecting photos and information for the 124 service members from Vance County veterans who were killed in action. Since January, the committee has gotten about 10 additional photos to add to the 58 that had already been located. The photos are going to be printed on banners that will be displayed on several downtown streets in conjunction with plans to observe the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Vance County Historical Society Vice President Tem Blackburn said some of the new photos they’ve located are of veterans for whom photos hadn’t been available; others are simply better photos of veterans they did have images for. Blackburn is secretary of the Vance County America 250 committee.
Each banner will feature the name and photo of a Vance County individual who have died in service to their country.
The plan, Blackburn said, is to have the banners installed by Memorial Day.
“I expect that photos will continue to filter in even after we deploy the banners. Those that do will go on replacement banners that will be worked in for Memorial Day 2027,” he said.
As of this publication, it’s about half and half the number of photos available versus not yet available.
