Legacy
There are several monuments dedicated to Vance:
- An obelisk similar to the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. is dedicated to Vance in Pack Square, Asheville.
- A statue on the south grounds of the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh
- A bronze in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C.
- A small monument located where his post-war home once stood (1865–1894), at Sixth and College Streets, in Charlotte
- One of the administrative buildings at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is named Vance Hall in his honor.
- A portrait of Vance hangs behind the President's chair of The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- His birthplace is a state historic site in Weaverville.
Several locations and schools in North Carolina bear Vance's name:
- The town of Zebulon, in Wake County
- The town of Vanceboro, North Carolina
- Vance County on the North Carolina – Virginia border
- Zebulon B. Vance High School in Charlotte
- Zeb Vance Elementary School in Kittrell
- Vance Masonic Lodge A.F.&A.M. #293 in Weaverville
In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Zebulon B. Vance was named in his honor.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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