Maple Hill Cemetery Civil War Memorial - Kansas City Ks
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This W.R.C. Memorial is located in the middle of the Maple Hill Cemetery. The cemetery is located at 3300 Shawnee Drive in Kansas City, Ks.
Waymark Code: WM75AF
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2009
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The Women's Relief Corps was the "auxiliary" of the Grand Army of the Republic - a Civil War Veteran's group. They were active in their day in raising awareness of veterans' issues and to commemorate their deeds in the War.
This memorial is a granite soldier at "parade rest". The granite base has the inscription:
Erected by Captain Kingscott W.(omens')R.(elief)C.(orps)No. 177
In Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors who fought in the defnce of the Union 1861- 1865
Erected 1910
Around the base, several Civil War Veterans are buried.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1910
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Captain Kingscott Women's Relief Corps No. 177
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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