Atchison, Atchison County
Atchison County Courthouse (423 N. 5th St.) – Map
Type: Bronze Plaque with flagpole
Description: A bronze plaque is mounted on a granite boulder in front of a flagpole. The plaque reads:
“To commemorate ~ an address given near this corner ~ by ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ on “the issues of the day” the ~ night of December 2, 1859 ~ erected by Atchison Chapter, D.A.R. ~ October 2, 1917″
References:
Baruch and Beckman, 1978
Photographs:
DE McGovern, August 6, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Atchison, Atchison County
Mt Vernon Cemetery (6920 Rawlins Rd.) – Map
Type: Marble Monument dedicated to John A. Martin
Description: “The monument to Ex-Gov. John A. Martin, at Atchison, is a broken column of Westerly (R. I.) marble. The design represents an unfinished life, and is a duplicate of the monument to J. G. Holland, the poet. It was erected by John A. Martin post No. 93, G. A. R., Atchison, at a cost of $1080, with funds raised by this post and from friends throughout the state. There is a life-size bronze medal1ion of the governor on the face of the monument, and below it a bronze tablet containing the following inscription: “In memory of a soldier and statesman, John A. Martin. Born at Brownsville, Pa., March 10, 1839. Died at Atchison, Kansas, October 2, 1889. Colonel of the 8th Kansas Volunteers, and Brevet Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers. Editor and publisher of the Atchison Champion from 1858-1889. Governor of Kansas from 1885-1889. To commemorate his public and private virtues, his friends have erected this monument.” Martin, 1910
References:
Baruch and Beckman, 1978
Martin, 1910
Photographs:
Blair Tarr, May 2, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Atchison, Atchison County
Mt Calvary Cemetery (north of town – 9950 Hwy K-7) – Map
Type: Aluminum Plaque
Description: A plaque is mounted on a flagpole. The plaque reads: ‘In Memory ~ Of Our Departed ~ Comrades”. The plaque also displays the seal of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, August 6, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Atchison, Atchison County
Mt Vernon Cemetery (6920 Rawlins Rd.) – Map
Type: Aluminum Plaque
Description: A plaque is mounted on a flagpole. The plaque reads: ‘In Memory ~ Of Our Departed ~ Comrades”. The plaque also displays the seal of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, August 6, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
No SUVCW documentation planned
Atchison, Atchison County
Oak Hill Cemetery (west center of town – N. 17th St. & Kansas Ave.) – Map
Type: Aluminum Plaque
Description: A plaque is mounted on a flagpole. The plaque reads: ‘In Memory ~ Of Our Departed ~ Comrades”. The plaque also displays the seal of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, August 6, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
No SUVCW documentation planned
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 