Broughton, Clay County
Cemetery (north-west of old town of Broughton, 5 miles ESE of Clay Center) – Map
Type: Concrete Memorial
Description: There is a marble slab atop a concrete pedestal. The slab is inscribed: “G.A.R. ~ Post 336 Dis V Kans ~ {14 names}”
References:
RM Thies
Photographs:
RM Thies, January 21, 2000
DE McGovern, August 3, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Clay Center, Clay County
Courthouse – Map
Type: Granite Soldier Monument
Description: Granite Civil War Soldier “at rest”. The supporting column is engraved: “1911 ~ Erected ~ By ~ Phil Sheridan ~ Post No 88 ~ Grand Army Of The Republic ~ By Public Subscription”. Below this is engraved a large GAR badge. Below the badge is engraved: “The Men In Whose Honor This ~ Monument Was Erected Were Led ~ By The Fires Of Liberty. ~ They Fought For No North ~ Or South, No East No West, But For ~ One Glorious And United Country.”
The base of the column is engraved: ” In Memory Of The ~ Vol. Defenders ~ Of The Union ~ 1861 – 1865″.
References:
SOS! 1994
Photographs:
A Russ, May 31, 2002
DE McGovern, August 3, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Clay Center, Clay County
Courthouse – Map
Type: Bronze Eagle Statue
Description: A cast eagle is mounted on a granite block. A cast plaque, mounted below the eagle reads: “Clay County ~ Veterans Memorial ~ The Grateful People Of ~ Clay County Kansas Dedicate ~ This Monument To Keep ~ Alive The Memories Of ~ All Men And Women Who ~ Served The ~ United States Of America ~ In Peace And War ~ All Gave Some, Some Gave All”. Below the inscription are mounted round bronze medallions of the five modern branches of the Armed Services.
A small plaque on the side identifies the cast eagle as ” “ABOVE IT ALL”, sculptress – Sandy Scott, Dedicated September 27, 1997″.
References:
reported by A Russ
Photographs:
A Russ, May 31, 2002
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 