Rice County Civil War Memorial - Lyons, Kansas
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 20.853 W 098° 12.207
14S E 569604 N 4244677
Civil War memorial on the grounds of the Rice County Courthouse in Lyons, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMEKJV
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2012
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The memorial has a statue of a Union soldier standing at parade rest. He is wearing a long coat, a cape and a cap. He is holding his rifle with both hands on the barrel with butt resting in front of his right foot. The statue is standing on a tall granite base with the following inscription:
In Memory Of
The Defenders
Of Our Union
1861 - 1865
"Lest We Forget"
Erected By Rice County 1918