Highway 67 in Pembroke to be a "Purple Heart Highway" - Bryan County News

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Highway 67 in Pembroke to be a "Purple Heart Highway"

Road to intersect with Blue Star Memorial Highway near McEachin Square, named for World War I soldier

A marker noting McEachin Square in downtown Pembroke. The square includes memorials for William McEachin, a Pembroke man who fought and died in World War I. The use of "the world war" in the inscription shows the marker was placed prior to World War II. The location of the memorials prompted the state to name Highway 67 as a Purple Heart Highway. Highway 280, which intersects with 67, is already named a Blue Star Memorial Highway in honor of the armed forces. - photo by Jeff Whitte

McEachin Square marker — A marker noting McEachin Square in downtown Pembroke. The square includes memorials for William McEachin, a Pembroke man who fought and died in World War I. The use of "the world war" in the inscription shows the marker was placed prior to World War II. The location of the memorials prompted the state to name Highway 67 as a Purple Heart Highway. Highway 280, which intersects with 67, is already named a Blue Star Memorial Highway in honor of the armed forces. - photo by Jeff Whitte

Highway 280 in Pembroke is known as a Blue Star Memorial Highway as “a tribute to the armed forces that have defended the United States of America.”

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