Kearney Volunteer Fire Department Memorial - Kearney, NE
N 40° 43.071 W 099° 04.165
14T E 494137 N 4507438
This firefighters memorial is located in the Kearney Cemetery in Kearney, Nebraska, USA.
Waymark Code: WMD56C
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2011
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The memorial consists of a three-sectioned granite marker behind a flagpole bearing the United States flag. In the center granite section is an engraving of the Kearney Fire Department emblem and the following inscription:
Dedicated
to the Members of
KEARNEY VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Wno Sought No Glory of
Their Own But to Serve
This Community and Whose
Devotion to Duty Will
Remain Ever a Source of
Inspiration to the Living.
May 30, 1960
The left granite section includes the following inscription:
Organized
July 1883
The right granite section includes the following inscription:
Motto
"Always Ready"
Atop both the left and right section is a round metal plaque bearing the emblem and name of the Kearney Fire Department.