Legislation re-introduced by U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards would allow a memorial for nine Air Force crew members to be moved from its current location off the Cherohala Skyway to the Stratton Ridge Rest Area. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com
Unless you know its precise location, the current memorial honoring the loss of nine Air Force crew members killed in an Aug. 31, 1982, crash is hard to spot. The memorial is more than 6 miles east of where the crash occurred, just before Huckleberry Knob on the Cherohala Skyway, and is obscured from the roadway by an overgrown embankment and lack of signage.
Cherohala – U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C. of Hendersonville) recently re-introduced legislation that would move a memorial off of the Cherohala Skyway and closer to the site of...
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