Monuments

Monuments in Nebraska

MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS IN NEBRASKA TO CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS as of 5/9/2000 By Dave Wells 9246 Madison Omaha, Ne. 68127 What are Civil War monuments doing in Nebraska? I asked the same question when I started this project. Although we did have troops in the war, the story behind these monuments lies elsewhere. It is an important part in the story of the settlement of our state. The Civil War uprooted thousands of people, and many, both Union and Confederate, moved to Nebraska after the war. The Nebraska Homestead Act gave free land to all settlers, but special provisions were added for all union veterans. For some, this was the attraction, but for many others it was just the chance to start over. Whatever their reasons, Nebraska became their new home. As the years went by, they joined various organizations like the GAR, WRC, LGAR, DUV, SUV and it is these groups that erected the monuments we find here in Nebraska. Most are dedicated to the Unknown Dead, (there were over 200,000 in the Civil War-"Dog tags" were not used until the end of the war). Others commemorate all the soldiers who "wore the blue". All of them however, share a central theme that still applies today. "Do not forget the terrible price that was paid to keep the country together". This list contains the locations of the monuments that have not been replaced or destroyed. Each post in the state dedicated a memorial of some kind that was used on Memorial Day, but most were made of wood or a floral wreath which have not survived over time. Even some of the more permanent ones have not survived. Most of the cannons were melted down during WWII and many of the church windows were not saved when new buildings were constructed. The GAR was the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization open to any man who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Since only actual veterans could join this group, it went out of existence when the last Union veteran died. (Nebraska's last veteran died in 1948). The indivual chapters were called Posts. The WRC is the Womens Relief Corp, the official auxillary of the GAR. Membership was open to any wife, sister or mother of a Union Veteran of the Civil War or any "patriotic" women. The LGAR is the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Membership was limited to the wives, sisters or mothers of a Union Civil War veteran, who did not have a close relative who had served in the Confederate army. It is open only to direct descendants of the Union veterans. Their chapters were called Circles. The SUV is the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Any male descendant of a Civil War veteran is eligible to join. Originally they were named just the Sons of Veterans, but changed their name in 1925 to clarify ancestry. Their chapters are called Camps. The DUV is the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Any female descendant of a Union Civil War veteran may join. It is the most active of the organizations for women with Union Civil War ancestors. Originally called just Daughters of Veterans, they also changed their name in 1925 to clarify ancestry. Their chapters are called Tents. ASUV is the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. They are the official auxiliary to the SUV. Wives, mothers or sisters of SUVCW members are eligible. The first permanent Civil War monument was at Falls City in 1867. Permanent monuments were formally endorced by the GAR in 1886. The first soldiers reunion here was Oct 7, 1879 at Warrens Grove, near Bellwood, Ne. There are GAR Halls at Nebraska City, Grand Island, Elmwood, Huntley, Orleans, Brock, Butte and Falls City, although only the Nebraska City and Grand Island halls are in good condition. Kate Donovan, Matron of the 1st Nebr. Inf., is buried in Plattsmouth. In 1927, the Nebraska legislature set up a commission to design a state Civil War monument, with an allocation of $50,000. It was never built. In 1949, Congress officially designated Highway 6 as the "Grand Army of the Republic" Highway. The Nebraska section was dedicated October 26, 1947 in Lincoln. Date in ( ) means it is not a confirmed date, only estimated. All cemeteries are the CITY CEMETERIES, unless otherwise stated. All soldier statues listed are statues of Civil War Soldiers. All cannons listed are Civil War cannon. PHOTO HINTS: 1-Faces East - A.M. for the best photos 2-Faces West - P.M. for the best photos 3-Faces South - A.M. or P.M. are about the same 4-Faces North and/or a cloudy day may be best time 5-Surrounded or covered by trees TOWN - DEDICATION DATE - TYPE & LOCATION - PHOTO HINTS & COMMENTS ___________________________________________________________________________ ADAMS 11-29-1904 Soldier Statue & Cannon In Cemetery 3-Faces South 20 feet high Barre Granite $500.00 Cannon is "24 pounder" flank howitzer "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES OF THE CIVIL WAR" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images AINSWORTH 5-23-1948 Cenotaph by Courthouse 2-Faces West 5 feet high Rainbow Marble $1000.00 "IN MEMORY OF ALL CIVIL WAR VETERANS 1861-1865" by the WRC Monument Images ALBION 5-30-1911 Bronze plaque inside Courthouse "Given to Civil War veterans by the United States government-names of members of Post" Used to have cannon in Courthouse Square Monument Images ALMA 5-30-1893 Cenotaph in Cemetery 1,5-Faces East 15 feet high Marble "GAR - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR COUNTRY'S HEROES OF 1861-1865 OUR COMRADES WHO REST IN THIS SILENT CITY AND TO THOSE WHO SLEEP IN UNKNOWN GRAVES IN THE REDEEMED SOUTHLAND" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images ALMA By 1914 Used to have a cannon in Courthouse Square 3" Ordnance rifle mounted on concrete base "G.A.R. 61-65" (Donated to WWII scrap drive in August 1942) Monument Images ANSLEY 5-30-1899 Cenotaph in Cemetery 3-Faces South 5 feet high Marble "GAR - TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images ARAPAHOE 10-29-1911 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 7 feet high Cement "GAR - TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD" by the GAR Monument Images ARAPAHOE 5-30-1955 Cenotaph in Cemetery 3-Faces South 3 feet x 6 feet Marble "GAR-IN MEMORY OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS FROM 1861-1865" by the LGAR (Moved to cemetery Aug. 4, 1997-originally in city park) Monument Images ARBORVILLE (1890s)** Monolith in Cemetery 4-Faces East 3 feet high Marble "GAR 61-65" by the GAR & Loyal Citizens Monument Images ARNOLD (1934) Monolith in Cemetery 3-Faces South 9 feet high Granite "TO GAR POST 196..." Monument Images ASHLAND Monolith in Cemetery 1-Faces East 3 feet x 3 feet Sandstone "GAR" Monument Images ATKINSON 5-30-1913 Obelisk in Cemetery 3,5-Faces South 7 feet high Gray Marble $200.00 "GAR-IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF 1861-65" Monument Images AUBURN 5-30-1900 Cannon in Cemetery 3-Faces South "32 pounder" seacoast gun mounted on cement base Monument Images AURORA 5-30-1906 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 3,5-Faces South 25 feet high White Bronze $3000.00 "GAR - MEMORIAL TO THE UNION SOLDIERS 1861-1865 FOR ALL HE WAS AND ALL HE DARED, REMEMBER HIM TODAY DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER 2,350,000 VOLUNTEERS-360,000 DIED THAT THEIR COUNTRY MIGHT LIVE. WHILE VIRTUE, HONOR & LOVE SHALL FLOW THIER DEEDS AND FAME SHALL BRIGHTER GROW. ONE FLAG AND ONE COUNTRY "LEX REGIT, AMAR TEUNTOR" by the GAR, LGAR & WRC Monument Images Monument used to include two Parrot Rifle Cannon (Original Courthouse monument, which was dedicated 5/30/1880, destroyed by falling debris when old Courthouse torn down, was a white marble shaft inscribed on either side as follows: "IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES IN UNKNOWN GRAVES - GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - THEY DIED THAT OUR COUNTRY MIGHT LIVE - OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FLAG" On either side of the base were the words: "LOYALTY - FRATERNITY - CHARITY - 1861-1865" AURORA 5-30-1906 "The Weeping Angel" by Courthouse 2,5-Faces West 8 feet high White Bronze $500.00 "TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD 1861-1865...Poem..." Monument Images AURORA Stained glass window from First Methodist Church now in Plainsmen Museum Monument Images AURORA 7-7-1912 Stained glass window in United Brethren Church at 11th & K St. Monument Images BEATRICE (5-30-1904) Cannon by Courthouse 1-Faces East 11 feet high with 8" Columbiad on Marble base "GAR - SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-5...1898-1901 names of Civil War and Spanish-American War Veterans" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images BEAVER CITY 5-30-1908 Soldier Statue in Park 2,5-Faces West 15 feet high Granite "GAR - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE CIVIL WAR" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images Used to have a cannon beside the Soldier Statue BELLEVUE 9-24-1954 Suspension bridge over Missouri River "DEDICATED TO THE GAR AS A MEMORIAL 1861-1865" by the LGAR Monument Images BLAIR 5-30-1898 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 2-Faces West 24 feet high Italian Marble $1160.00 "1861-1865 TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNION SOLDIERS BURIED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY..." by the GAR (Was moved to present location between May 1937 & May 1938) Monument Images BLAIR 5-30-1909 Monolith in Cemetery 2-Faces West 7 feet high Bronze plaque on granite base "GAR - WRC - IN MEMORIUM TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE CIVIL WAR. REST IN PEACE" by the WRC Monument Images 10-4-1936 WRC dedicated a tree in Park to GAR BLUE SPRINGS 5-30-1921 Obelisk in Cemetery 1,4 Faces North 20 feet high Granite $2500.00 "...CIVIL WAR 1861-1865..." Multi-War but 1/2 of cost paid by a Civil War veteran Monument Images BROKEN BOW 5-30-1920 Obelisk in Cemetery 1-Faces East 9 feet high Georgia Granite $1000.00 "GAR 61-65" by the GAR 2-12-1913 Lincoln statue in Public High School Building Monument Images BROWNVILLE 11-27-1927 Bronze Plaque on boulder in Park "THIS TABLET MARKS THE PLACE WHERE CO. C, 1st REGIMENT OF NEBRASKA ENLISTED-JUNE 9, 1861 FOR THE CIVIL WAR..." Monument Images BURWELL (7-4) 1976 Monolith in Cemetery 2-Faces West 8 feet high Bronze plaque on Concrete base "MEMORIAL TO THE GAR - DEDICATED TO THEIR MEMORY..." by the American Legion Monument Images CAIRO (5-30)-1915 Obelisk in Cemetery 2-Faces West 7 feet high Granite $112.00 "GAR - WRC - IN MEMORY OF OUR COUNTRYS DEFENDERS 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images CAMBRIDGE 6-14-1920 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 3-Faces Southeast 14 feet high Sandstone $1000.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF 1861-1865" by the LGAR Monument Images CAMBRIDGE By 1920 Used to have "Columbiad" cannon in City Park Monument Images CAMERON (5-30)-1915 Obelisk in Cemetery 2-Faces West 7 feet high Granite $112.00 "GAR - WRC - IN MEMORY OF OUR COUNTRYS DEFENDERS 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images CENTRAL CITY 8-1-1906 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 3-Faces South 16 feet high Granite "GAR - TO COMMEMORATE THE DEVOTION OF THE HERIOC MEN WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR COUNTRY IN THE DARK DAYS OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images CENTRAL CITY 10-4-1930 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 3 feet high Sandstone "IN HONOR OF OUR FATHERS - 1861-65 - CIVIL WAR VETERANS" by the DUV Monument Images CENTRAL CITY 4-6-1950 Cenotaph by Courthouse 5-Covered by trees 1 foot high-Round Granite "IN MEMORY OF THE GAR" by the WRC Monument Images CHAPMAN (1890s) Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 4 feet high Marble "GAR - UNKNOWN DEAD FROM 1861-1865" by the GAR Monument Images CHESTER 5-30-1921 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 7 feet high Granite "GAR - IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF 1861-1865 AND IN MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD" by the WRC Monument Images COLUMBUS 3-13-1900 Cenotaph & Cannon in Park 3,5-Faces South 30 feet high Bronze Eagle on Vermont granite $2500.00 Cannons are 4.5" ordnance rifles, model 1861 "IN MEMORY OF THE UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865...names of veterans" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images COMSTOCK 5-30-1913 Obelisk in Cemetery 2-Faces West 6 feet high Marble "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAD COMRADES" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images COOK 6-7-1891 Window in Methodist Church 4-West side "GAR...MEMORIAL TO OUR FALLEN HEROES..." (This is the first known Memorial window in the state) Monument Images CRAIG 5-30-1927 Monolith in Cemetery 4-Faces North 8 feet high Sandstone Eagle on Granite base "IN MEMORIUM...GAR 1861-1865...1898..." by the American Legion Monument Images CRAWFORD 5-30-1955 Monolith in cemetery 3-Faces South 6 feet high Bronze Tablet "MEMORIAL TO CIVIL WAR VETERANS...(Lists names)" by the DAR Monument Images DAVENPORT (1921-2) Obelisk in Cemetery 2-Faces West 8 feet high Marble "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF POST 88 & WRC 1861-65" Monument Images DAVID CITY 7-4-1891 Pillar in Cemetery 2-Faces West 12 feet high "GAR" Monument Images DODGE 5-30-1896 Obelisk in Glencoe Cemetery 2-Faces West 16 feet high Granite "GAR - OUR MARTYRS - UNION - NO NORTH NO SOUTH" by the GAR Monument Images DONIPHAN 5-30-1913 Obelisk in Cemetery 2-Faces West 9 feet high "GAR - WRC - DV - SV" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images EDGAR 1957 Monolith in Cemetery 4-Faces North 7 feet high Granite "GAR - 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF EDGAR GAR POST" Monument Images ELMWOOD 11-7-1903 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1,5-Faces East 14 feet high Sandstone $500.00 "GAR - SLEEPING FOR YOUR TRUE LOVED COUNTRY BROTHERS SLEEPING FOR THE FLAG YOU BORE. IN MEMORIUM 1861-65" Monument Images ELMWOOD (1884) GAR Hall just east of downtown Wooden frame structure Monument Images EXETER 5-30-1925 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 2-Faces West 16 feet high White Italian Marble on granite base $1600.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES - 1861-1865" Monument Images EXETER 6-24-1906 Memorial window on south side of Methodist Church "GAR - WRC 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES" Monument Images FAIRBURY 5-30-1927 Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 10 feet high Marble (Multi-war) "GAR - SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD ...CIVIL WAR 1861-1865..." by the GAR & WRC Monument Images FAIRMONT 6-26-1910 Soldier Statue in Park 2,5-Faces West 15 feet high Bronze Soldier on Granite base "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR UNKNOWN DEAD TO OUR PATRIOT DEAD 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images FALLS CITY (1867) Obelisk in cemetery to veterans of 2nd Nebraska Cav. 9 feet high Marble "...TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR DEPARTED COMRADES..." Monument Images FALLS CITY GAR Hall, (although not the original GAR Hall) Wooden frame structure being used by VFW Monument Images FRANKLIN 5-30-1901 Used to have Cannon (24-pounder) in park Monument Images FREMONT 5-30-1925 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 15 feet high Bronze Soldier on Granite base $2000.00 "GAR - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR..." by the DUV & SUV Monument Images FREMONT 5-30-1896 Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 11 feet high Blue Vermont Marble $90.00 "GAR 1861-1865 TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD PEACEFUL IN THEIR UNKNOWN GRAVES REST AMERICA'S SILENT BRAVE. LIBERTY THY LIFE HAS GIVEN, BE THY BOON THY CROWN IN HEAVEN." by the WRC Monument Images FREMONT 5-30-1904 Used to have cannon in park Monument Images GENEVA 9-21-1928 Monolith in Cemetery 2-Faces West 11 feet high Bronze eagle on granite base $2000.00 "SOLDIERS 1861-1865 UNION DEFENDERS - AMERICAN IMMORTALS AN APPEAL TO MEMORY - A CHALLENGE TO OBLIVION" by the GAR Monument Images GENEVA Pictures, names & regiments of members of Post at Courthouse on 2nd floor Monument Images GIBBON 5-30-1894 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 11 feet high Barre Granite $1600.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR FLAG 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC (The soldier statue was added in 1900) Monument Images GORDON (5-30-1916) Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 3 feet high Marble "UNKNOWN - GAR" Monument Images GRAFTON Picture of Post members in Geneva Courthouse GRAND ISLAND 10-31-1913 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 4-Faces North 30 feet high White bronze on granite base $4800.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY 1861-1865 1898-1900" by the GAR Monument Images GRAND ISLAND 5-30-1908 Cenotaph in Veterans Cemetery 2,5-Faces West 14 feet high Sandstone $300.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE HEROES OF 1861-1865 WHO LIE IN UNKNOWN GRAVES ON SOUTHERN BATTLEFIELDS. SLEEP ON BRAVE BOYS THOUGH YOUR GRAVES ARE UNMARKED. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN" by the WRC Monument Images GRAND ISLAND (1908) Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 6 feet high Marble "GAR - IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS OF 1861-1865 WHO DIED ON LAND OR SEAS WHOSE GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN... by Eli Barnes, Department Commander" Monument Images GRAND ISLAND 12/29/1886 GAR Hall at 215 East Third St. Red Brick structure Inside building is original frosted glass door panel Monument Images GREENWOOD 6-13-1908 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 3-Faces South 12 feet high Granite "GAR 1861-1865" by the LGAR Monument Images HARVARD 5-30-1912 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 12 feet high Granite $100.00 "IN MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD 1861-1865" by the WRC Monument Images HASTINGS 9-20-1923 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 2-Faces West 35 feet high 90,000 lbs of Granite $10,000.00 "GAR 1861-1865 TO THE MEMORY OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE WRC names of Civil War veterans in Adams County" by the GAR Moved from Courthouse Square to the cemetery in 1964 Monument Images HASTINGS 5-24-1903 Cenotaph in Cemetery 4-Faces North 8 feet high Granite "TO OUR UNKNOWN DEAD 1861-1865" by the LGAR Monument Images HOLBROOK 5-30-1913 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West-early P.M. 7 feet high Marble "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD 1861-1865 OLD SOLDIERS 1861-1865" by the GAR Monument Images HOLDREGE Cement tablet in Cemetery 3-Faces South Names of members of Post Monument Images HOLDREGE 5-30-1908 Cornerstone of Courthouse Used to have two "Columbiad" cannon in Courthouse Square destroyed in WWII scrap drive (Had Cenotaph at Courthouse before cannon) Monument Images HUBBLE 5-31-1906 Stained glass window in Methodist Church "G.A.R. In memory of Lew Wallace Post No. 50 1906" "W.R.C. In the memory of the Patriotic Union Soldiers from 1863-1865" Monument Images HUNTLEY (5-28-1925) Used to have cannon at schoolhouse 3" Ordnance rifle mounted on cement base GAR Hall now being used as a Town Hall Monument Images INDIANOLA 5-30-1908 Obelisk in Cemetery 1-Faces East 10 feet high "GAR" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images JUNIATA (1930s) Monolith in Cemetery 2-Faces West 3 feet x 6 feet Granite (used to include gatling gun) "GAR - WRC 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF..UNION SOLDIERS.. THEY HAVE FOUGHT THEIR LAST FIGHT, THEY HAVE FOUGHT THEIR LAST BATTLE. NO SOUND CAN AWAKEN THEM TO GLORY AGAIN. LET COMING GENERATIONS FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE OF PATRIOTISM AND ALL WILL BE WELL. REQUIESEAT IN PACE" Monument Images JUNIATA 5-30-1934 Obelisk in City Park 2-Faces West 12 feet high Bronze plaque on brick & cement base "IN MEMORY OF GEARY POST 81 CHARTERED Oct. 24, 1881" on site of old GAR Hall Monument Images KEARNEY 10-25-1910 Soldier Statue near Arts Museum 1-Faces East 33 feet high Granite $4300.00 "GAR - IN HONOR OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY 1861-1865 1898-1900" by the GAR & City of Kearney Monument Images FT. KEARNEY 5-20-1942 Cenotaph in Park 1-Faces East 8 feet high Granite "GAR - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS" by the DUV Monument Images LEBANON 5-30-1901 Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 5 feet high Marble "IN MEMORY OF THE GAR AND UNKNOWN DEAD" by the GAR Monument Images LEXINGTON 5-22-1918 Soldier Statue & Cannon by Courthouse 2-Faces West 16 feet high Granite base "12 pounder" Napoleons $2050 "GAR 1861-1865" by the GAR Monument Images LEXINGTON (5-30-1913) A plaque in Courthouse has names of Civil War Veterans Monument Images LEXINGTON 12-11-1910 Methodist Church has memorial stained glass window "GAR - 1861-1865 RENO POST 112 DEPT. OF NEBRASKA" Monument Images LINCOLN 5-30-1902 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 3-Faces South 13 feet high Marble "GAR - SOLDIERS OF 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF THE HERIOC DEAD-FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THE BRAVE MADE THIS, OUR RANSOMED SOIL, THIER GRAVE. ON FAMES ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD" by a Patriotic, Loyal & Grateful People Monument Images LINCOLN (11-11) 1936 Soldier Statue in Antelope Park 3-West side 29 feet high multi-war monument "...CIVIL WAR 1861-1865..." by the W.P.A. Monument Images LINCOLN 1909 Dome of 1st Methodist Church in University Place Images of "ABE LINCOLN - CROSSED SABERS - CROSSED RIFLES WRC BADGE - GAR BADGE - GAR/WRC MEMORIAL TABLET FLAG - A DOVE with LET US HAVE PEACE - A CROSS" by the GAR Monument Images LINCOLN 12-16-1894 Grace Methodist Church used to have stained glass window (Grace Methodist was known as the Soldier Church of Lincoln) Monument Images LINCOLN Stained glass memorial window at First Christian Church "GAR 1861-1865 IN MEMORY....FARRAGUT POST" Monument Images LOUP CITY (5-30-1926) Obelisk in Cemetery 1-Faces East 9 feet high Bronze Eagle on Granite base "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROES 1861-1865" by the GAR, LGAR, SUV Monument Images LOUP CITY 2-24-1909 Lincoln bust in High School 36" high Bronze Monument Images LUSHTON (1900s) Soldier Statue in Cemetery 4-Faces North 13 feet high Bronze Statue on Granite base "IN MEMORY OF THE COMRADES 1861-1865 OUR HEROES" by the GAR Monument Images LYONS 5-30-1901 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 4-Faces North 14 feet high Red Granite base $700.00 "IN MEMORY OF OUR NATIONS DEFENDERS" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images McCOOK 5-30-1899 Soldier Statue in Riverview Cemetery 3-Faces South-P.M. best 15 feet high Granite $500.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES" by the GAR & LGAR Monument Images MILFORD 7-4-1903 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 12 feet high Marble base $300.00 "GAR - TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD" by the WRC Monument Images MINDEN 5-30-1907 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 10 feet high Granite $200.00 "GAR 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROES WHO REST IN UNKNOWN GRAVES" by the LGAR Monument Images MINDEN 11-6-1913 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 1,5-Faces East 25 feet high Zinc $1380.00 "GAR - MEMORIAL TO THE VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR..." by the GAR Monument Images NAPONEE (Approx. 1910) Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 2 feet high Marble "IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS UNKNOWN DEAD PEACEFUL BE THY SILENT SLUMBER, PEACEFUL IN THY GRAVE SO LOW, THOU NO MORE WILL JOIN OUR NUMBER YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET THEE WHEN THE DAY OF LIFE IS FLED, AND IN HEAVEN WITH JOY TO GREET THEE OUR PATRIOT-UNKNOWN DEAD" Monument Images NEBRASKA CITY 3-19-1895 GAR Hall at 3rd & Corso One story red brick structure (Restored as a museum and research center in 1998) NELIGH 5-30-1912 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 2-Faces West 14 feet high Granite $550.00 "GAR 1861-65 IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF ALL WARS" Monument Images NELSON 6-14-1909 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 3-Faces South 16 feet high Granite $1250.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR COUNTRYS DEFENDERS" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images NIOBRARA Used to have cannon (24 pounder) in cemetery NORFOLK 11-5-1939 Lincoln Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 8 feet high $370.00 "TO THE MEMORY OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS 1861-1865" by the WRC Monument Images NORTH BEND 5-30-1897 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 2-Faces West 13 feet high Granite "GAR 1861-1865" by the GAR Monument Images NORTH PLATTE 5-30-1928 Soldier Statue near Ft. McPherson Cemetery 4-Faces North 12 feet high Sandstone $935.00 "...IN MEMORY OF THE CIVIL WAR VETERANS...." by the people of Lincoln County Monument Images NORTH PLATTE 6-14-1920 Monolith in northwest corner of cemetery 2-Faces West 4 feet high Granite "TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNKOWN DEAD" by the WRC Monument Images NORTH PLATTE 5-24-1942 Monolith in northwest corner of cemetery 2- Faces West 4 feet high Bronze plaque on Granite base "ERECTED IN MEMORY OF...POST 69 GAR..." by the LGAR Monument Images OAKDALE 5-30-1915 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 3-Faces South 17 feet high 30,000 lbs of granite $1000.00 "GAR 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVING BORNE ARMS FOR OUR COUNTRY HAVE FOUND HERE THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images OGALALLA (5-30)-1947 Monolith in Cemetery 1,5 Faces East 8 feet high Granite "1861-1865 CIVIL WAR - IN ETERNAL MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC" by the WRC Monument Images OMAHA 5-30-1892 Cannons added to the GAR circle in Forest Lawn Cemetery Monument Images OMAHA 9-21-1905 Soldier Statue & Cannon in Forest Lawn Cemetery 1-East 21 feet high 3" Ordnance rifles & Barre granite base $1500.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 1861-1865 THE SOLDIERS OF THE UNION MET AND OVERCAME THE GREATIST REBELLION THE WORLD EVER SAW. THESE MEN PASS AWAY AS A TALE IS TOLD, BUT THEIR WORK WILL ENDURE FOREVER." by the GAR & WRC Monument Images OMAHA 2-12-1928 Bronze Tablet inside courthouse "IN HONOR OF...GAR...GETTYSBURG ADDRESS" by the WRC Monument Images OMAHA 2-12-1908 Lincoln Statue inside Bancroft Public School 7 feet high White Bronze Monument Images OMAHA 1883 Memorial Window to Lt. Thomas Thornburgh in Episcopal Church Monument Images ORLEANS 10-24-1903 Obelisk in Cemetery 2-Faces West 10 feet high Clouded Marble $ 300.00 "GAR - OUR FALLEN HEROES" by the WRC Monument Images PALMYRA 5-30-1899 Cannon in Cemetery 5-Covered by trees 6.4" Army parrott rifle cannon "1861-1865...1898...TO OUR UNKNOWN DEAD" by the GAR Monument Images PAWNEE CITY (1-13) 1907 Memorial window in Methodist Church "G.A.R. - W.R.C. 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF THE HERIOC SOULS BY WHOSE VALOR THE REPUBLIC LIVES" Monument Images PIERCE 5-30-1909 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 13 feet high White bronze $650.00 "GAR 1861-1865 OUR TRIBUTE TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY. ON FAMES ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD, AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND, THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD" Monument Images PLATTSMOUTH 4-9-1901 Used to have cannon by Courthouse (42 pounder) mounted on cement base with copper plate "...THIS CANNON...GIVEN BY McCONIHE POST 45 TO CASS COUNTY... FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION...1861-1866." Monument Images PLATTSMOUTH 6-23-1907 Memorial window in Methodist Church Monument Images PLATTSMOUTH 5-30-1940 Large boulder with bronze plaque in cemetery "IN MEMORY OF McCONIHIE POST 45 GAR & WRC CORP 50" Monument Images PONCA 9-2-1912 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 16 feet high White bronze statue on Granite base $75000 "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BOYS WHO WORE THE BLUE FROM 1861-1865. MAY THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS EVER SHINE ON THE AMERICAN FLAG. MAY THE NATION HOLD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE THE SACRIFICES MADE TO PRESERVE THE UNION" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images (GAR Hall now a barbershop) RANDOLPH 10-5-1905 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 19 feet high $800.00 "GAR 1861-1865" by the GAR Monument Images RAVENNA 5-30-1902 Obelisk in Cemetery 1,5-Faces East 12 feet high Bedford granite "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE VETERANS 1861-1865 IN HONOR OF THE NATIONS DEAD" by the GAR Monument Images RED CLOUD 5-30-1904 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 15 feet high Sandstone $400.00 "TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD OF THE UNION ARMY AND NAVY 1861-1865. IN MEMORY OF THOSE LOYAL WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO AID OUR COUNTRYS DEFENDERS. ON FAMES ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images RED CLOUD 9-17-1905 Old Methodist Church had GAR/WRC Windows RUSHVILLE 5-30-1955 Monolith in Cemetery 2-Faces West 10 feet high Red Granite "GAR - HERE REST IN HONORED GLORY SEVEN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS - KNOWN BUT TO GOD" (Erected on the old GAR lot where cemetery records show seven graves with no names) Monument Images RUSHVILLE Obelisk in Cemetery 1-East Side 11 feet high Granite (Multi-war) "GAR - CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF THE COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN OF GAR POST 310..." by the American Legion Monument Images SCHUYLER 5-30-1929 Monolith by Courthouse 4-Faces North 8 feet high Bronze plaque "GAR - IN MEMORY OF...VETERANS ..CIVIL WAR 1861-65" Monument Images SCHUYLER 5-30-1914 Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 3.5 feet high Granite "IN MEMORY OF OUR UNKNOWN DEAD 1861-65" by the GAR Monument Images SCRIBNER 5-30-1903 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 10 feet high Marble "GAR 1861-1865 IN MEMORY OF THE LOYAL SOLDIERS AND MARINES OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO SLEEP IN THIS GROUND AND THOSE WHO SLEEP IN UNKNOWN GRAVES" by the LGAR Monument Images SEWARD 7-23-1924 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 4-Faces North 20 feet high Granite "GAR - TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SOLDIERS OF 1861-1865. THE FLAG FOR WHICH THESE HEROES FOUGHT, FOR WHICH THEY DIED, IS THE EMBLEM OF ALL WE ARE - FOR ALL WE HOPE TO BE" by the GAR-LGAR-WRC Monument Images SHUBERT 10-27-1905 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 13 feet high Bedford White Stone $600.00 "GAR - DEDICATED TO OUR COUNTRYS HEROES" by the WRC Monument Images SILVER CREEK 10-22-1915 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 4-Face North 11 feet high White bronze statue on marble base $550.00 "GAR 1861-1865...(Names of Veterans)..." by the GAR Monument Images SILVER CREEK 9-11-1921 Methodist Church used to have Veterans Memorial window "GAR - SAW - WWI Veterans names" Monument Images ST. PAUL 7-4-1919 Soldier Statue & Cannon by Courthouse 3-Faces South 20 feet high "12 pounder" mountain howitzers $3600.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR UNION 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images ST. PAUL 5-30-1909 Cenotaph in Cemetery 1-Faces East 8 feet high Granite $200.00 "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE WAR OF 1861-1865" by the WRC Monument Images STELLA Base for Gazebo in Cemetery 1-Faces East "GAR" Monument Images STERLING 9-22-1894 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 3-Faces South 15 feet high Granite "GAR...WRC...1861-1865...IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES" By the GAR & WRC Monument Images STERLING 5-26-1912 Methodist Church has Memorial window on East side "GAR - WRC IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN HEROES" Monument Images SUPERIOR 5-24-1905 Soldier Statue in Park 2-Faces West 13 feet high Bronze Statue on Granite base "GAR - IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF 1861-1865" By the GAR & WRC Monument used to include a cannon (3" Ordnance rifle) and two 8" mortors in front of statue Monument Images SUPERIOR 5-22-1892 Stained glass memorial window at Methodist Church "SOLDIERS MEMORIAL - GAR - 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images SUTTON 6-10-1911 Monument base with Cannon in Park 2-Faces West Granite with two 24 pounder flank howitzers $202.00 Used to have names of GAR members on concrete slab on hill in front of monument by the GAR Monument Images SYRACUSE 10-8-1908 Cannon in Park Hill Cemetery 3-Faces South 8" Columiad mounted on brick base "Names of GAR members" by the GAR Monument Images SYRACUSE 3-5-1911 Stained glass memorial window at Methodist Church "Wadsworth Post 21 G.A.R. Dept. of Nebraska" Monument Images TABLE ROCK 5-30-1909 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 1-Faces East 23 feet high Sandstone "GAR - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES WHO REST IN UNKNOWN GRAVES. ON PATRIOTS SACRED CAMPING GROUND THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD, THEIR COUNTRY GUARDS THE HONORED MOUNDS, THE BIVOUAC OF THEIR DEAD" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images TALMAGE 1885 G.A.R. Hall downtown Brick building with 2nd story as hall Monument Images TECUMSEH 7-4-1903 Soldier Statue by Courthouse 3-Faces South 20 feet high Sandstone "IN MEMORY OF ALL SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF JOHNSON COUNTY" by the GAR Monument Images TECUMSEH 12-20-1908 Methodist Church has GAR Memorial window on east side "G.A.R." with large U.S. Flag Monument Images TECUMSEH 5-30-1896 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 3 feet high Sandstone "GAR - TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD" by the GAR Monument Images TEKAMAH 11-11-1922 Soldier Statutes in Cemetery 2-Faces West 13 feet high Sandstone statues on Red Granite base "IN MEMORIUM TO OUR COUNTRYS DEFENDERS..." by the WRC (Repaired and rededicated 11/11/1998) Monument Images TRENTON 5-30-1899 Cenotaph in Cemetery 2-Faces West 4 feet high Marble plaque in metal frame "IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 61-65 WHO LIE IN UNKNOWN GRAVES. PEACEFUL BE THY SILENT SLUMBER, PEACEFUL IN THY GRAVE SO LOW. THOU NO MORE WILL JOIN OUR NUMBER, YET AGAIN WE HOPE TO MEET THEE, WHEN THE DAY OF LIFE IS FLED, AND IN HEAVEN WITH JOY TO GREET THEE, OUR PATRIOT-UNKNOWN DEAD" by the GAR Monument Images VALPRAISO 10-30-1912 Obelisk in Cemetery 1-Faces East 11 feet high Bronze Eagle on Red Granite base $360.00 "IN MEMORY OF OUR COUNTRYS DEFENDERS" Monument Images WAKEFIELD 4-7-1949 Monolith in Cemetery 3,5-Faces South 7 feet high Granite "GAR - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS" by the DUV Monument Images WAVERLY (1930s) Monolith in Cemetery 1-Faces East 6 feet high Granite "DEDICATED TO GAR POST 38 AND THE SOLDIER DEAD OF THE USA" By the WRC Monument Images WAVERLY Used to have memorial window in Methodist Church WAHOO Used to have cannon in Courthouse square "12 pounder" bronze howitzer model 1841 WAYNE 5-30-1890 Cannon by Courthouse 3-Faces South 3" Ordnance rifle model 1861 on granite base "IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-65" LOYALTY - CASEY POST 5 GAR" by the GAR (Cannon was mounted on marble base at Courthouse in 1913) Monument Images WEEPING WATER 9-20-1903 Memorial window in Methodist Church 1-Faces East Stained glass "GAR...1861-1865...LAFAYETTE POST 61" Monument Images WOOD RIVER 6-14-1911 Soldier Statue & Cannon in Cemetery 1-Faces East 25 feet high Italian Marble Statue Cannon was "12 pounder" Confederate Napoleon "GAR - IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAD COMRADES 1861-1865" by the GAR & WRC Cannon added to Monument in 1918 Monument Images WYMORE Cannon (6 pounder field gun) by American Legion Post Hall "IN MEMORY OF COLEMAN POST 115 GAR" by the American Legion Monument Images YORK 5-30-1906 Soldier Statue in Cemetery 4-Faces North 14 feet high Granite $1200.00 "IN MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER & SAILOR DEAD 1861-1865 IN HONOR OF OUR NATIONS DEFENDERS WHO SAVED THE UNION" by the GAR & WRC Monument Images YORK 10-17-1896 Memorial window in First Methodist Church Stained glass $150.00 "GAR 1861-1865 WRC" Monument Images YORK 5-30-1904 Used to have cannon (24 pounder) in park Monument Images In addition to the above locations, which have confirmed monuments to the Civil War veterans, the following locations have monuments of undetermined origin, possibly by GAR or WRC. Alexandria Bassett "Unknown" Chambers Unmarked 12 foot shaft Franklin Unmarked shaft Kenesaw Unmarked monolith Nelson Monument to "America's Unknown Defenders" Oak (Duplicate monument to Nelson)** Republican City Unmarked shaft Stockham "In Memory of Unknown Dead" Wilcox "Unknown" ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON GAR MONUMENTS ARBORVILLE: Had GAR Post from 1887-1906. No local paper, so checked York, Polk, Benedict & Hordville. York Republican had a regular Arborville section, but never mention monument on Memorial Day between 1885-1907. Circa 1892 ARNOLD: GAR Post closed in 1911, last C.W. vet died in 1934. DUV book says 1934, but found no confirming article in paper in 1934. Note that section referring to GAR Post has been removed from monument and now says American Legion. ASHLAND: Exact use or purpose of this unclear. AURORA: United Brethren Church merged with the United Methodist Church in 1967. Building sold to Lutherans in 1972. Now a private residence. BEATRICE: The cannon arrived in 1898 and was meant to be put on GAR plot in cemetery, but was too big. (See Omaha BEE 9/5/1898). Raising funds for monument began in January 1902. The monument is dated A.D. 1904, but no dedication article in papers!!?? Other comments in local papers are as follows: Daily Sun-7/20/1902 Buttons for Mon. fund...hope to unveil during reunion. Weekly Times-1/9/02,1/23/02 Monument fund, 9/18/02 monument discussed...arrival of stone for panels.., 1/29/03 Pg. 7 fund details...hope to dedicate next Memorial Day..$712...12/3/03 Pg. 7...monument finally complete... BROKEN BOW: See B.B. Republican 5/27/1920 BURWELL: According to letter in 1968, GAR lot was purchased in 1910, but found no later mention of erection of monument. It was supposedly rededicated in 1976, never found date, but they had a big celebration on July 4th for bicentennial. CAIRO/CAMERON: No local paper between 1909-1920. In 1914 they sold their hall to the Bluff Center Baptist Church. On Sept. 3, 1914 the Post minutes show a motion was made to erect suitable monuments. On 10/19/1914 they reported the stones bought, lettering approved and cemetery lots purchased. On 6/24/1915 more money was requested for additional monument base. The monuments do not appear in the minutes again. From all of this, it would appear the monuments were probably dedicated on 5/30/1915, or near that time, with money obtained fromselling their hall (which was dedicated 10/5/1887). CHAMBERS: 1897 Bugle refers to Monument to Unknown Dead, but what kind? CHAPMAN: GAR Post from 1883 to 1915. No local paper. Central City papers seldom had Chapman reports. CHESTER: See Hebron Register Tribune on 5/26/1921. DAVENPORT: GAR Post until 1916. Local papers refer to Old Soldiers monument in 1925, services at unknown soldiers grave from 1926 up to 1940. This monument is not really an unknown soldiers memorial, so I'm unclear as to what they refer to. DONIPHAN: See G.I. Independent 6/3/1913 Pg. 4 Col. 2. FAIRBURY: Local museum has photo of cannon on cement base in park. GORDON: GAR Post from 1892-1925. No local papers before 1896. No mention of monument in paper 1896-1915, but in 1916 the paper refers to "Unknown Soldiers Monument". Doesn't say it's being dedicated, so this may be just better reporting than before, but it is the first reference to a monument. GRAND ISLAND: #3 Eli Barnes was Dept. Commander in 1908, but did not find any mention in the 1908 G.I. papers. Monument does not say "Past" Dept. Commander, which implies he was in office when monument erected. HEBRON: Monument dedicated in 1925 was originally going to be for the GAR, but Amer. Legion decided to change it to an all veterans monument. HOLDREGE: Beaver City Times Tribune on 5/22/1908 reported "Holdrege cannon cost $415...arrived last Wednesday from Bucks Point, Maine...weigh 16,000 lbs each...last two Civil War guns..Local paper reported on 5/18/1913 "tablets bearing names of living Post members placed on bases of cannons". These may be the ones now in cemetery. See 12/22/1910 Pg.1 Col.4 also. HUNTLEY: Schoolhouse dedicated 5/28/1925. No local paper or comments in Alma paper. Picture in Huntley Centennial Book Page 31. Cannon was located on NE corner of school grounds. GAR Hall is now the town hall according to Centennial Book. JUNIATA: GAR Post until 1933. No local paper after 1917. 1921 WRC Journal reports monument by WRC, but no details. Style of the monument is 1930s and may have been from left over money from sale of the GAR hall. Hastings Democrat has article on park monument on 3/29/1934 and on 6/7 says it was dedicated on 5/30. KEARNEY: This was first monument where money for it was raised through a 1907 law that authorized a county-wide tax. The law required the inclusion of the Spanish-American War veterans in any such monument. Moved to present location and redicated on 11/11/1994. LEBANON: Danbury News reported on 6/6/1901 "monument to unknown dead dedicated... LEXINGTON: The Pioneer reported the following: 2/21/1913 "...Cannons arrive...", 10/2/1914 "..foundations in position, should be mounted in two weeks...statue design undecided", 5/22/1913 "Council ok'ed plaque in Courthouse" LINCOLN: Plot in Wyuka Cemetery was dedicated 5/30/1893 per Neb. Def. LOUP CITY: Letter from local in 1968 says it was dedicated shortly after or during WWI, replacing a wooden one Detailed search of local paper finds no article, but monument is pictured in 1936 Memorial Day article. Standard refers to a "monument to Civil War vets" in 1926, but not to dedication. It was erected by SUV, LGAR and citizens, not GAR, which would imply after 1923 when Post closed. LUSHTON: GAR Post from 1890 to 1915. No local paper. McCool Junction and York (Republican) papers had regular Lushton section or comments, but no monument mentioned between 1890-1926 on Memorial Day. Post dedicated a Hall in January 1898. Money may have come when they sold Hall later. NAPONEE: GAR Post only from 1885-1888. Had LGAR Circle at Bloomington from 1899 to ?. Republican Valley/Echo of Bloomington has regular Naponee section, but no monument mentioned from 1887 to 1910 on Memorial Day. Poem is identical to Trenton Monument dedicated in 1899. OAK: Diagram in cemetery calls this the GAR monument, but could find nothing to confirm this. It is identical to the one in Nelson's cemetery!? OGALLALA: 1968 letter from a Mrs. Jessop says cement laid 5/21/1947, but doesn't say where she got this information. ORLEANS: Local historian says GAR Hall was sold to undertaker who converted it into Chapel. Still there. PAWNEE CITY: The Pawnee Chief on 12/28/1906 says new Methodist Church opened last sunday (23rd), dedication in January. No other comments in January papers, but Jan. 18th issue missing. PLATTSMOUTH: Courthouse had a special room for GAR museum in basement. Dedication during campfire to commemorate Gen. Lee's surrender. See 9/28/1900 Weekly News & 8/12/1909 Journal. Local historian is not aware of it being a GAR window, but son of former minister says his father always called it the GAR window. RUSHVILLE #2: More modern style from 1940s till present, but paper is so vague, hard to tell what kind of monument in place after WWI. SCHUYLER #2: GAR Post until 1936. Local His. Soc. says after Dec. 1911. In 1912 the Sun says "flowers left at monument to Unknown Dead", but that does not neccesarily mean this monument. On 5/29/1914 paper says "monument erected for those that didn't come back." SILVER CREEK: Building burned down about 1995, but they have photos of window. STERLING: Omaha Bee reported on 5/21/1895 Pg. 5 Col. 2, "A year ago soldiers erected monument...has been damaged by buckshot.." SUPERIOR: Nelson Gazette reported on 5/25/1905 "Superior unveiled monument on Wednesday..." SUTTON: Register on 5/26/1894 says "Soldiers Monument Assoc. formed" and on 6/29/1895 reports "ground in park dedicated", but up to 1906 services were described as being in the church and at the cemetery, no mention of the park. In 1908 the Advertiser says "Soldiers monument in the Park", but a detailed search of 1906-07 found no dedication ceremony. Story picks up in 1909. On 7/22/09 "need $200 more for improvements planned", 8/12/09 "concrete watertable finished...foundation now ready for first course of stone which we hope to put up this fall.. 8/26/09 "granite for base ordered...will need more money to pay for it when it comes..., 9/16/09 "last money list..., 7/7/1910 "guns in city park announce 4th of July.., 5/25/1911 "lumber and stone from monument stolen, 6/15/1911 History of monument drive and statement of finishing work..also comments on laying stone of Wisconsin granite...". Other interesting comments appear on 7/15/1909, 9/1/1909, 6/1/1911. Although one person has told me he thought there was a statue at one time that was destroyed in a storm, no one else remembers a statue, just the base. Perhaps it wasn't dedicated because it was never finished!!?? The two cannon were shipped in June 1900 at a cost of $27.96. See articles in Adv. on 6/1/1900 & 7/27/1900 and Register on 7/23/1900. SYRACUSE: Cannon was moved to present location in 1998. WAVERLY: GAR Post until 1931, WRC until 1926. GAR Hall sold in 1926, which may have provided the funds for monument. Watchman ends in 1933 and found no mention of a monument or even a drive for a monument. Style suggests 1930s or 40s. WAYNE: GAR Post until 1930. Local paper does not mention even going to the C.H. Square for services between 1890-1933. Finally in 1935 they go to C.H., but not in 36! A "small cannon" was presented to the Post by citizens at the Presbyterian Church on this date in 1890. Report does not indicate if it was on a carriage or just a tube, or where they got it. Placement on the Courthouse lawn apparantly was in 1913, as that year is on marble base, but curiously Post didn't go to the Courthouse as part of their Memorial Day services until 1935, which is after Post closed??!! Location was changed sometime in 1995-1998. WOOD RIVER: The W.R. Interests reported on 2/9/1917 "...cannon received 2/5/1917", on 6/7/1918 "...cannon added to monument" Rec'd report from Jim Potter in Lincoln, that W.R. Cemetery Association sold cannon in 1998, and will replace with replica. Money to be used to improve cemetery. There are other monuments across the state that are not on this list. Some are to the Spanish-American War of 1898-1902, and others are to WWI. There is also a group that are muti-war monuments. A few of these were included in this list, but most are not, because they were put up by either the VFW or American Legion and were meant to honor all veterans, not just the veterans of the Civil War. When they do mention the Civil War veterans, it is not the major part of the memorial. Since my purpose was to show the impact of the Civil War veterans in this area, I only included the multi-war monuments where the Civil War section is a major part of the memorial. OTHER MONUMENT LOCATIONS AUBURN 5/30/1924 To WW1 in City Park ALLIANCE 5/30/1935 WWI cannon at Courthouse ARLINGTON 5/30/1933 Large boulder-to Veterans of All Wars AXTELL 5/30/1933 Veterans of All Wars by the American Legion BAYARD 5/30/1933 All Wars BEATRICE 11/11/1924 Bronze tablet on boulder in park BENNETT 5/30/1931 Veterans of All Wars BLOOMFIELD 5/30/1928 In Memory of Soldiers and Sailors by the A.L. BLUE SPRINGS 5/30/1921 All Wars BRAINARD 11/11/1936 Multiwar-large stone at Amer. Legion Hall BRIDGEPORT 5/30/1934 To the Unknown Soldiers by the American Legion BUTTE To WWI Veterans of Boyd county by the A.L. CHAPPELL In Memorium to All Veterans CLARKSON 7/4/1928 WWI in City Park (1926??) CORTLAND Memorial window in Methodist Church CRAIG 5/30/1927 Multiwar by the American Legion CRAWFORD Unknown Dead CRETE 5/30/1930-1 To All Who Served (cannon added in 1931) DANNENBROG 5/30/1931 Cannon on concrete base at City Hall (Farwell) DODGE 11/11/1925 German Mortar at public school ELGIN 11/11/1929 To the Unknown Dead 3/15?? 11/21?? FAIRFIELD FARNAM All Wars FIRTH All Veterans of the Community FULLERTON In Memory of our Honored Dead GORDON 5/30/1958 To Unknown Dead of All Wars GRESHAM 5/30/1920 To the Unknown Dead GUIDE ROCK WWI Soldier Statue at High School HARDY In Memory of the Defenders of our Country HARTINGTON Unknown Dead HARTINGTON 1976 To All Veterans HEBRON 5/30/1925 Large boulder with bronze plate HERMAN 1971 To All Who Served IMPERIAL 1924 To the Unknown Dead IMPERIAL 1967 To All Who Served KIMBALL 1955 To All Who Served by the V.F.W. LEIGH To the Unknown Soldiers of WWI & WWII LITCHFIELD Multiwar LOUP CITY 11/11/1925 6" German Field Artillery peice (5-30-1926) MADISON 5/30/1934 Brick tower MADRID Veterans Memorial MASON CITY 5/30/1926 In Memory of Our Unknown Defenders MERNA Veterans of All Wars by the American Legion MILFORD See 6/25/1931 In City Park MINDEN (LIBERTY) Multiwar MINDEN 11/11/1924 WWI OGALLALA To All Veterans So. OMAHA 11/10/1935 At Graceland Cemetery OSCO 1924 Unknown Soldiers of All Wars OXFORD 11/11/1934 WWI Soldier statue in cemetery PALISADE WWI & WWII ST. EDWARD 5/39/1933 Large boulder to WWI SARGENT Soldiers, Sailors, Marines of all Wars SCHUYLER WWI SCRIBNER 5/30/1936 French 75mm gun in city park SHELBY Unknown Dead SHELTON All Soldiers, Sailors & Marines SIDNEY 5/30/1924 WW1 SPRINGVIEW 5/30/1922 Multiwar STELLA 4/15/1927 Bronze Tablet SUPERIOR 1948 Unknown Dead of All Wars by the American Legion SWANTON Window in Methodist Church to WWI Veterans TAYLOR 1953? Veterans of Loup county... TILDEN 11/11/1924 WWI UPLAND 5/30/1950 To All Who Carried the Torch of Freedom... UTICA 5/30/1938 To the Spanish-American War Vets VALENTINE WALTHILL 1921/2 WWI Soldier statue WAUNETA In Memory of All Who Served WILCOX 5/30/1921 To the Unknown Dead YORK Spanish-American War On 5/28/1926 Wilbur Republican has major article on Victor Vifguain Osceola remodeled old GAR Hall 11/11/1924, took possesion spring 1924 Crete given relics including GAR charter 11/21/1929 Nebr. Legion Mag. Need Amer. Legion Post #'s: 39-45-57-62-116-131-143-169-175-205-235-253-268-294-295-332+ #331 So. Omaha-Melting Pot, #350 Lyman-??, #353 Louisville-Henry Newman on 12/7/1928, #356 Barneston-??, #358 Jansen, #374 Millard on 3/24/1957, #367 0r 376 Virginia-Fisher in April 1957, Wauneta Feb. 1932,