Wyandotte County Veterans Memorial - Kansas City, KS
Posted by: The Snowdog
N 39° 08.905 W 094° 38.848
15S E 357637 N 4334539
This small veterans memorial, set in 1937, honors our veterans - in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM14KMR
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2021
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This small veterans memorial is on the north side of Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City. Set in 1937, it does not name any wars and was probably set to honor those who died in the Great War twenty years earlier, but the threat of another world war was already rumbling across the globe...
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Wyandotte County Veterans
Marker Text: May 30, 1937
In memory of the
Wyandotte County Veterans
who made
the supreme sacrifice
Adams Petersen Switala Post No. 111
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
Date of dedication: 5/30/1937
Who Put it Here?: Adams Petersen Switala Post No. 111
Description of Memorial: The memorial is a tall flagpole and a small cannon at the top of a hill. The cannon is set in a concrete mount, which bears a brass plaque with the text given above.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
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