CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
MEADE COUNTY, KANSAS
Meade, Meade CountyGraceland Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: Granite monument located in the center of a ring of flags. Inscribed on the front is: "This Monument Was Erected ~ By The American Legion ~ Auxiliary Of Meade, Kansas, ~ Assisted By Ex-Service Men ~ And Patriotic Citizens, And On ~ May 30, 1927 Dedicated To The ~ Memory Of Meade County's ~ Departed Veterans Of all Wars. ~ It Also Replaces The Monument ~ Placed Upon This Site In 1886 By ~ Meade Center Post No. 388 G.A.R. ~ Dedicated To The Unknown Dead ~ Of the Civil War." Another side of the monument is inscribed: "In Sacred Memory ~ Of ~ Our Heroes ~ Meade County". References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, April 8, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Meade, Meade CountyGraceland Cemetery
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Type: gone Description: This monument, of unknown construction, was erected in 1886 by Meade Center Post No. 388 G.A.R. It was replaced in 1927 by a new granite monument erected by the American Legion. References: reported by RM Thies Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Gone But Not Forgotten |
Plains, Meade CountyCemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: Granite monument. Inscribed on the front is a G.A.R. Badge and "Dedicated To Our Heroic Dead". The other sides are: American Legion Badge and "Lest We Forget". Spanish American War Badge "Lest We Forget". Red Cross Badge "Dedicated To Our Heroic Dead". References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, April 8, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
