CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS
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Salina, Saline County
Gypsum Hill Cemetery (west of center of town)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
A granite monument and flagpole form the focus of a number of
rows of related grave sites. The monument is inscribed:
"Our ~ Unknown ~ Dead ~ Are ~ Remembered".
References: reported by RM Thies
Photographs: RM Thies, June 22, 1994
DE McGovern, February 25, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Salina, Saline County
Gypsum Hill Cemetery (west of center of town)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
The memorial circle in the cemetery includes a number of rows
of related grave sites. In one row is a monument that is inscribed:
"In Memory Of All Members ~ Of Col. Phillips Circle ~ No. 118 ~
Ladies Of Grand ~ Army Of Republic".
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, February 25, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Salina, Saline County
Gypsum Hill Cemetery (west of center of town)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
The memorial circle in the cemetery includes a number of rows
of related grave sites. In one row is a monument that is inscribed:
"In Memory ~ Jessie Gertrude Johnson ~ Daughter Of Wallace H & Mary
Louise Johnson, ~ Pioneer Family Of 1858. Born, Abilene, Kan, Aug ~
28, 1872. Went To Her Rest, Salina, Kan, July 7, 1939. ~ Charter
Member Business & Professional Women's ~ Club. Only Woman Member
Of Kansas Anti-Horse ~ Thief Assn. Honorary Member John A. Logan
ost G.A.R. ~ A Life Like Hers Has Left A Record Sweet For Memory
To Dwell Upon".
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, February 25, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Salina, Saline County
Memorial Hall
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Type: Building
Description:
Large bronze plaques are mounted above the doors of the Salina
Memorial Hall. From the left, these are: "Spanish War Veterans
1898-1902", "G.A.R. 1861-1865", "American Legion".
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, March 25, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Salina, Saline County
Oakdale Park
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Type: Bronze Soldier Statues
Description:
A descriptive plaque is located on the left side of the gateway:
"Oakdale Memorial Gateway ~ In 1918 this gateway was erected as a
memorial to Civil ~ and Spanish War veterans. The bronze statue
on the left ~ is a Union soldier while the one on the right is a
Rough ~ Rider. The original gateway was 12 feet apart and included ~
a folding bronze gate. In 1933 the pillars were widened to ~ 33 feet
to allow for large vehicles. After a vehicle ~ destroyed part of the
left pillar in 1990, it was rebuilt ~ in 1992 at a cost of $70,000.
The original cost of the ~ entire gateway was $18,000."
The left section of the gateway is inscribed: " In Memory Of The Men ~
Of This Vicinity ~ Who Gave Their Lives To ~ The Defence Of This Country",
"Thos. Anderson ~ E.B.Ericson R.R.Dearing ~ County Commissioners".
The bronze medallion under the statue reads: "Col. William A. Phillips ~
Founder of Salina Kansas".
The right section of the gateway is inscribed: "Dedicated To All Our ~
Loyal Sons Who ~ Showed Distinguished Valor ~ Upon The Nation's Battlefields".
A bronze medallion is mounted above the inscription which reads: "Gen. John A.
Logan ~ The Black Eagle of Illinois ~ In Honor of John A Logan Post G.A.R."
The bronze medallion under the statue reads; "United Spanish War
Veterans ~ 1898 - 1902".
References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, SOS! 1994
Photographs: RM Thies, February 20, 1995
DE McGovern, April 23, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Salina, Saline County
Rose Lawn Cemetery (southwest of center of town)
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Type: Stone Monument and Flagpole
Description:
A bronze plaque on the monument is inscribed: "Flag Flying ~
In Memory of ~ All Veterans".
In front of the stone monument is another bronze
plaque reading: "Dedicated To The Memory Of Those Who Gave
Of ~ Their Lives In Defense Of Liberty For Their Country".
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, February 25, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Updated November 5, 2006 - DE McGovern
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