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Compiled by the Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society
Archives with grateful acknowledgment to: Americans Remembered, Gary
Swanson; Civil War Roundtable of Kansas City; Civil War Roundtable of
Western Missouri, Mike Calvert, Christopher Harris, and Beverly Shaw;
Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department Archives, Ann McFerrin; Kansas
State Historical Society, Blair Tarr; Lafayette County (Mo.) Clerk, Lyn;
Joanie Shields (referral of Save Outdoor Sculpture); Sumner Academy, Mary
Conrad; and, Wyandotte County Historical Society, Joel Thornton.
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MONUMENTS/MEMORIALS
NAME
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WAR
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LOCATION
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CITY
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Veterans Memorial Park with three flag poles, six stone
monuments, and one granite monument.
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All Wars
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South of Riverfront Park; 1 block east of 2nd and Commercial
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Atchison, KS
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Abraham Lincoln Plaque
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Civil War
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Atchison County Courthouse
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Atchison, KS
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Stone Monument dedicated to Grand Army of the Republic
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Civil War
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Auburn Cemetery
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Auburn, KS
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Granite Monument
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Civil War
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Baldwin City Cemetery
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Baldwin City, KS
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WWI, Korean Conflict, Vietnam War, Gulf War
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World War I; Korean War; Vietnam War; Gulf War
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Smoot Peace Park
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Belton, MO
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Robert Hall Pearson Park dedicated to Battle of Black
Jack-Erected 1913
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Civil War
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3 miles east of Baldwin City
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Black Jack, KS
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Morgan Walker Farm and Cemetery Memorial Marker
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Civil War
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Pink Hill Rd & 7 Highway
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Blue Springs, MO
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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Circle of Civil War
Veterans
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Civil War
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Bonner Springs Cemetery
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Bonner Springs, KS
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Granite Monument
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Civil War
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City Cemetery
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Bonner Springs, KS
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Flag Pole and Graves & Markers-World War I
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World War I
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Bonner Springs Cemetery
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Bonner Springs, KS
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B-25 Bomber Builders Memorial
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Bonner Springs, KS
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Concrete Monument w/ Flag pole
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Civil War
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Bronson Cemetery
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Bronson, KS
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Zinc Soldier Statue dedicated to heroes of 1861-1865
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Civil War
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Bronson City Park
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Bronson, KS
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Veterans Memorial for Atherton, Buckner, Levasy and Sibley,
Missouri
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World War I; World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War
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Southeast corner of Highway 24 and Hudson
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Buckner, MO
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U.S. Dragoon Grave Marker & Memorial
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Santa Fe Trail
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4.7 miles west of Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, Highway 31
beside highway maintenance pullout.
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Burlingame, KS
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Civil War Monument
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Civil War
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Burlingame Cemetery on Hwy 56 (Topeka Ave) one mile south of
town
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Burlingame, KS
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Veterans Memorial
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All Wars
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Veterans Park, 4th and Neosho
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Burlington, KS
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WWII, Korean Conflict, Vietnam War
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World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War
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Livingston County Courthouse Square
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Chillicothe, MO
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Comanche County Veterans Memorial
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All Wars
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Heritage Park, Main and New York
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Coldwater, KS
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Doughboy Sculpture
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World War I
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Central Park
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Concordia, MO
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Chase County All Veterans Memorial
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All Wars
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Swope Park
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Cottonwood Falls, KS
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All Veterans Memorial
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All Wars
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933 Commercial St.
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Emporia, KS
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Mural: Our Flag Was Still There (in honor of all veterans and
the 50th Anniversary of founding of Veterans Day)
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All Wars
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11th Ave and Commercia Street
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Emporia, KS
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Veterans Hall of Honor
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All Wars
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Emporia State University, Student Union
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Emporia, KS
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Civil War Veterans Monument
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Civil War
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Fremont Park, 4th Ave and Union St.
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Emporia, KS
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Civil War Veterans Monument
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Civil War
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Maplewood and Memorial Lawn Cemeteries
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Emporia, KS
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Spanish American War Memorial
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Spanish American War
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Peter Pan Park, S. Neosho and Kansas Ave
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Emporia, KS
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Mexican American World War II Veterans Memorial
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World War II
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St. Catherine's Church, 205 S Lawrence St
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Emporia, KS
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Cannons and Wall Plaques
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Civil War
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National Cemetery
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Fort Scott, KS
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Fort Scott Civil War Monument Sculpture
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Civil War
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Fort Scott, KS
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Granite Monument dedicated to lst Reg.,Kansas Colored
Volunteers
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Civil War
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National Cem.,Veterans Mon.
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Fort Scott, KS
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Granite Soldier Monument and Cannon
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Civil War
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Courthouse lawn
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Fort Scott, KS
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Old Headquarters Building
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Civil War
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Fort Scott
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Fort Scott, KS
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Fort Scott National Cemetery
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Fort Scott, KS
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Veterans Park
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All Wars
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Veterans Park, Center and Pawnee Streets
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Gardner, KS
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Granite Monument
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Civil War
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Gardner Cemetery
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Gardner, KS
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Veterans Memorial Park
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All Wars
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West of VFW building (surrounding Crystal Lake aka. South
Lake) e. Highway 59 south end of town
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Garnett, KS
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Granite Monument
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Civil War
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Garnett Cemetery
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Garnett, KS
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Vietnam War
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Girard, KS
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Veterans Memorial Park
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All Wars
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17th and McKinley St.
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Great Bend, KS
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B-29 Memorial Plaza
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World War II
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Great Bend, KS
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Veterans Memorial
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All Wars
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Main Street, adjacent to Jones Park
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Gridley, KS
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Doughboy Sculpture
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World War I
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Cass County Courthouse Square
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Harrisonville, MO
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42-pdr Seacoast Gun, M1845, is mounted on concrete base, surrounded
by graves of Union veterans.
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Civil War
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Mount Hope Cemetery
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Hiawatha, KS
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Order No. 11 Marker
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Civil War
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Old City Hall Annex
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Hickman Mills, MO
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Confederate Monument
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Civil War
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Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
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Higginsville, MO
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Replica Cannon in Memory of Union Soldiers and Sailors, Ded.
5-30-1916. Orig. cannon donated to WW II scrap drive-1942.
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Civil War
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County Courthouse
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Holton, KS
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Fallen Soldier Monument
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All Wars
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Jackson County Courthouse, 400 New York St.
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Holton, KS
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Bronze Napoleon Cannon
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All Veterans
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Horton Municipal Cemetery
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Horton, KS
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A bronze smoothbore Napoleon cannon on a polished granite base
and dedication to those who served.
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World War I
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Horton Municipal Cemetery
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Horton, KS
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Slate Marker dedicated to Union dead following Battle of
Westport, Oct.21-23, 1964
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Civil War
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Huron Cemetery
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Huron, KS
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Truman Memorial Building (formerly Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial Building), including original World War I dedication foyer and the
modern Veterans Hall
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All Wars
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Truman & Pleasant Streets
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Independence, MO
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2nd Colorado Cavalry Memorial
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Civil War
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Woodlawn Cemetery
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Independence, MO
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Civil War-era memorial (Unknown Confederates Graves)
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Civil War
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Woodlawn Cemetery
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Independence, MO
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Driving Tour Markers: 1st and 2nd Battles of Independence; and
Batlte of the Little Blue Markers
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Civil War
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Civil War Roundtable of Western Missouri
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Independence, MO
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United Daughters of the Confederacy Soldiers of the
Confederacy Memorial
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Civil War
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Woodlawn Cemetery
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Independence, MO
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Charles Richard Long Memorial Park "...after the only Independence
man who received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Korean
War."
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Korean War
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north side of Truman Road between Brookside and Glenwood
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Independence, MO
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American Revolutionary War patriots buried in Jackson County
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Revolutionary War
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Old Jackson County Courthouse, Independence Square Courthouse
foyer
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Independence, MO
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Unidentified war memorial
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outside Mt. Washington gates on triangular lot; 24 Highway and
Brookside
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Independence, MO
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Civil War Soldier Memorial and Statue
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Civil War
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600 West St.
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Iola, KS
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Civil War Memorial Arch
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Civil War
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Heritage Park, 6th and Washington
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Junction City, KS
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Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Vietnam War
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Heritage Park, 6th and Washington
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Junction City, KS
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Buffalo Soldier Memorial
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World War I
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18th and Buffalo Soldier Drive
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Junction City, KS
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Soldier and Sailors Monument
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All Wars
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2301 S. 34th (Maple Hill Cemetery)
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Kansas City, KS
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
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All Wars
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600 N. 7th St.
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Kansas City, KS
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Flagpole-rededicated to Veterans of
all Wars by Adams-Peterson-Sitala & Auxiliary Post 111
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All Wars
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Maple Hill Cemetery
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Kansas City, KS
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Colored Defenders Memorial
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Civil War
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Woodland Cemetery
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Kansas City, KS
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Granite Monument in memory of Mary A. Sturges, Army Nurse
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Civil War
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Oak Grove Cemetery
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Kansas City, KS
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John Brown Memorial (Civil War)
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Civil War
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Quindaro Area
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Kansas City, KS
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Kansas City Civil War Monument
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Civil War
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Maple Hill Cemetery
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Kansas City, KS
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Mary Sturgis Marker and Eulogy-Civil War
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Civil War
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Oak Grove Cemetery
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Kansas City, KS
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Monument in honor of Union Colored Soldiers and Sailors
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Civil War
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Woodland Cemetery
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Kansas City, KS
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Union Dead Monument |
