War Relics Added to Hall of History, Sept. 2, 1921

Some World War Relics Added to Hall of History

Miss May F. Jones of Asheville, private secretary for Governor Craig, who as with the Y.M.C.A. 81st Division in France, has presented some interesting relics to the Hall of History, in the name places, service records and photographs of two ambulances sent to the front from Asheville.

One ambulance was given by Mrs. C.D. Newton of Asheville in memory of Kiffin Rockwell, the first North Carolinian killed in the war. It was used by the French army in the sector of Chemin des Dames and Aisne. Later it was turned over to the United States army and used at Soissons.

The other given by the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America, served in the Argonne sector with the French and United States armies.

Miss Jones’ sister, Miss Elizabeth Jones, served with the Red Cross in a London hospital. Her service badge, sugar holder, identification papers, and ration papers have also been presented to the Hall of History.

The ambulance plates form a part of the Red Cross collection, in the same case with the photographs and relics of Red Cross work done in Raleigh during the war.

From The Raleigh Times, as reprinted on the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Sept. 2, 1921. In 1965, the Hall of History was renamed the North Carolina Museum of History. The museum, which contains more than 90,000 artifacts, is located at 109 East Jones Street.