Sunset Hills Confederate Memorial Obelisk - Warrensburg, Mo.
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This twenty-three-foot tall grey granite obelisk is located in Sunset Hills Cemetery - Warrensburg, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMW1D0
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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This twenty-three-foot tall grey granite obelisk is located in Sunset Hills Cemetery. The obelisk is surrounded by landscaping.

In Memory of
Confederate
Veterans
Erected by
F. M. Cockrell
Chapter U.D.C. No. 482
1917

- Marker Text



Standing 23 feet tall and resembling the Washington Monument, stands a 17,000 pound statue honoring the Confederate soldiers of the Civil War. Located at the corner of Collins and Cheatham, this can’t miss monument is the tallest spectacle in the cemetery. The structure was delivered to Warrensburg by railroad and assembled together from 5 separate pieces.

- History of Sunset Hills Website



Date Created/Placed: 1917

Address:
Sunset Hills Cemetery 610 Colbern Warrensburg, Mo 64093

Height: 23 feet

Illuminated: no

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