Cimarron, Gray County
Court House (300 S. Main St.) – Map
Type: Veterans Memorial Plaza
Description: Marble columns are mounted in a circle. Slabs and benches are between the columns. The slabs record the names of Gray County veterans dating from the Civil War forward. The reported cost for the memorial (2006) is approximately $220,000. The plinth at the top of the columns is engraved: “Gray County Veterans Memorial”.
The monument was designed and built by West Memorials, 2481 Broad Ave, Memphis, TN 38112.
References:
Hutchinson News, 2006
Photographs:
DE McGovern, November 20, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Copeland, Gray County
Cemetery (northeast of town – US56 & 3 Rd.) – Map
Type: Granite Monument
Description: A granite monument is engraved: “Erected ~ In Honor Of ~ The Men & ~ Women Who ~ Served Our ~ Country & ~ Gave Their ~ Lives In ~ The Cause ~ Of Peace”.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, November 20, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 