Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall -- Atchison KS
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N 39° 33.729 W 095° 07.465
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The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in downtown Atchison KS
Waymark Code: WMX4P0
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in downtown Atchison KS was built in 1920 as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Atchison Co. KS who died in The Great War.

The cornerstone of the building reads as follows:

"1920
Dedicated to
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OF ATCHISON COUNTY
Who answered their country's
call in the World War

County commissioners

W. S. Hiffelfinger
C. R. Perdue
S. S. King

Architect
Rudolph Meier

T. H. Johns Builder"

The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall is located at 8th Street and Commercial Street in downtown.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920

Private or Public Monument?: Government

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Atchison County, Kansas

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
8th and Commercial Street
Atchison, KS


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