CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
OSAGE COUNTY, KANSAS
Burlingame, Osage CountyCemetery
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Type: Granite Soldier Statue Description: Two of the medallions below the solider show American Flags. Two other medallions are engraved with the WRC emblem and read: "1905 ~ WRC". The base of the granite monument is engraved: " 1861 - Our Heroes - 1865". References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978 Photographs: DE McGovern, July 11, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Lyndon, Osage CountyCemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: The monument is engraved: "In Memory Of ~ Our ~ Unknown Dead ~ 1861 - 1865". References: reported by D Gilliland Photographs: D Gilliland, July 23, 20055 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Melvern, Osage CountyCemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: The monument is engraved: "Erected By ~ Womans Relief Corps ~ Tribute ~ To Those ~ Patriots ~ Who Sleep ~ In ~ Southern Graves ~ Uncoffined ~ Unshrouded ~ And ~ Unknown ~ May 30, 1888". The side of the base is engraved: "Ferguson & Nettleton ~ Ottawa, KS". Bronze medallions are displayed on stakes in front of the supporting slab representing the Spanish American War veterans, Civil War veterans, and World War veterans. References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, July 7, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Osage City, Osage CountyCemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: The granite slab is engraved: "In Memoriam ~ Erected In Grateful Memory To The Solders ~ Sailors And Marines Of The Civil War, Spanish- ~ American War And World War By ~ Canby Woman's Relief Corps No 33 ~ Department Of Kansas ~ And The Citizens Of Osage City Kansas ~ "Sleep, With The Sunshine Of Fame On ~ Thy Slumber" ~ Dedicated A.D. 1925". References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, July 7, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Quenemo, Osage CountyOak Hill Cemetery
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Type: Granite Soldier Statue Description: Soldiers' monument eighteen feet high, including a statue of a private soldier at rest. It is five feet square at the base. The cost was $1070, raised by contributions from the citizens of Quenemo and surrounding country. It was dedicated October 15, 1908, and stands on a beautiful piece of ground donated by the Oak Hill cemetery. The monument is inscribed: "Erected May 1908 ~ In Memory ~ Of Our Countries ~ Defenders" and "Our Heroes". References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, Martin, 1910, SOS! 1994 Photographs: DE McGovern, November 7, 2004 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Scranton, Osage CountyCemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: The granite slab is engraved: "In Honor Of Those Who Served Our Country". Names of those who served are engraved on the flanking slabs. The benched in front of the memorial are engraved with the four freedoms presented in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Speech, January 6, 1941: "Freedom From Fear", Freedom Of Speech", Freedom To Worship", Freedom From Fear" References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, April 15, 2007 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
