Monticello, Johnson County
Union Cemetery (1 mi south of Shawnee Mission Parkway and 1/2 mi west – West 75th St. & Gleason Rd.) – Map
Type: Granite Monument
Description: Granite column with decorative urn on top. The inscriptions read:
“To The Memory Of ~ Our Unknown Dead ~ Asleep Unnamed And Unknown ~ Until Gods Angels On The ~ Whirlwind Rides ~ To Claim His Own”.
“To The Memory Of ~ Our Soldiers Who ~ Starved In Southern ~ Prisons”.
“To Our Heroes Of ~ 1861-1865 ~ Dedicated ~ May 30, 1895”.
“Erected By ~ John Anderson ~ Womans Relief Corps ~ No 194 Wilder Kan”.
The base of the monument has the marking: “H.E.Barker ~ Kansas City.” The step in front of the marker reads “In Memoriam”.
References:
Martin, 1910,
Wells, 2002
Photographs:
RM Thies, August 1, 1995
DE McGovern, July 11, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Olathe, Johnson County
Olathe Memorial Cemetery (north of town center) – Map
Type: Granite Soldier Statue
Description: Soldier monument costing $1000, raised by Franklin post No, 68. The base and body of the monument is of granite, surmounted by a life-size figure of a soldier standing at rest, executed in white marble. In a circle at its base are buried thirty-seven soldiers. The inscription reads: “Erected By ~ Franklin Post ~ No. 68 G. A. R. ~ In Memory Of ~ Our Dead Comrades.” On the north side is a representation of a G. A. R. badge and the date 1893.
It was erected in 1893. Dedicated Memorial Day 1897, by John Smith Post, Department of Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic.
References:
Baruch and Beckman, 1978,
Martin, 1910,
SOS! 1994,
Wells, 2002
Photographs:
DE McGovern, July 11, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Olathe, Johnson County
Veterans Memorial (Old 56 and Harrison – 1025 S. Harrison St.) – Map
Type: Memorial Park
Description: The central feature of this park is a large granite star surrounded by vertical columns portraying the seals of the branches of the modern US Military. Also included are benches, inscribed with “American Legion seal ~ Earl Collier Post 153 ~ The American Legion ~ For God and Country” and “American Legion Auxiliary seal ~ Earl Collier Unit 153 ~ American Legion Auxiliary ~ Honoring All Veterans”.
Secondary features include a large granite memorial with a central polished black granite slab reading: “The Four Chaplains ~ To all Chaplains who ministered to those men and women who stood in harms way as sentinels of our freedom ~ George L. Fox ~ Alexander Goode, Clark V. Poling ~ Johnny P. Washington ~ additional information on each person”. A Memorial to Stanley Adams,. Medal of Honor Recipient – Korea” and a POW marker are also present.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, February 10, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Shawnee, Johnson County
Pleasant View Cemetery (6100 Quivira Road) – Map
Type: Marble Monument
Description: This marble marker is engraved with an American Legion shield and “Dedicated to those ~ who have served ~ to safeguard Justice, ~ Freedom, and Democracy” and “Peter Smith Post 327 ~ Shawnee, Kansas”.
A flagpole is mounted near the marker.
References:
HMdb, 2009
Photographs:
T Onions, December 26, 2008
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Spring Hill, Johnson County
Spring Hill Cemetery (704 W. Lawrence Ave.) – Map
Type: Granite Monument
Description: Granite monument with large polished granite orb on top. The orb is inscribed: “Rest ~ Soldier Rest”.
The front of the monument is inscribed: “The Flag They Fought For ~ (engraving of US Flag) ~ To The Memory Of ~ Our Unknown Dead ~ They Sleep ~ On Southern Battlefields ~ And ‘Neath The Ocean Waves ~ General Curtis Relief Corp No 28 ~ Dedicated May 30, 1897”.
The back of the Monument is inscribed: ” To The Memory Of ~ Those Soldiers Who Fell ~ During the War Of ~ 1861 to 1865″.
References:
Martin, 1910
Photographs:
DE McGovern, February 14, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Spring Hill, Johnson County
Spring Hill Cemetery (704 W. Lawrence Ave.) – Map
Type: Cemetery Entry Gate
Description: The Cemetery is entered through two columns separated by one-way single lane roadways with a central brick and stone monument in the center.
The center panel of the monument is inscribed: “Springhill Cemetery ~ In Honor Of ~ The Veterans Of The Civil War ~ 1861-1865, The Spanish American ~ War 1890, Our Country’s Defend- – ers In The World War 1917-1918 ~ And The Loyal Women Of ~ Springhill And Community ~ Sponsored By W.R.C. No 28 A.D. 1923”. On the back side of the panel is mounted a small brass plaque reading: “In Memory Of The ~ Meyer-Dunn Family”.
References:
reported by DE McGovern
Photographs:
DE McGovern, February 14, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 