Melvern Tribute - Melvern, Ks
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N 38° 30.371 W 095° 39.346
15S E 268423 N 4265322
This simple obelisk and unlighted flagpole set is located in the middle of the Melvern Cemetery. The cemetery is at the corner of NW Emporia Street and S California Road west of Melvern.
Waymark Code: WM6Z15
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2009
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This 10 foot obelisk, created by Ferguson & Nettleton of Ottawa, Kansas, is a tribute to the unknown Union soldiers of the Civil War. The marker was dedicated by the Women's Relief Corps - the auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic - the Veteran's Group of the Union Civil War Veteran.
The inscription Reads:
Erected by Women's Relief Corps
A tribute to those patriots who sleep in Southern graves uncoffined, unshrouded and unknown.
May 30, 1888
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/30/1888
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Women's Relief Corps
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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