Meade County

Fowler, Meade County
Fowler Cemetery (south west of town – northwest corner of US-54 and Cemetery Rd.)Map

Type: Granite Monument

Description: Inscribed on the front is: “In Memorium ~ Veterans All Wars”.

References:
reported by DE McGovern

Photographs:
DE McGovern, December 9, 2007

SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned

Meade, Meade County
Graceland Cemetery (east of town on US-54)Map

Type: Granite Memorial

Description: Granite monument located in the center of a ring of flags. Inscribed on the front is: “This Monument Was Erected ~ By The American Legion ~ Auxiliary Of Meade, Kansas, ~ Assisted By Ex-Service Men ~ And Patriotic Citizens, And On ~ May 30, 1927 Dedicated To The ~ Memory Of Meade County’s ~ Departed Veterans Of All Wars. ~ It Also Replaces The Monument ~ Placed Upon This Site In 1886 By ~ Meade Center Post No. 388 G.A.R. ~ Dedicated To The Unknown Dead ~ Of The Civil War.”

Another side of the monument is inscribed: “In Sacred Memory ~ Of ~ Our Heroes ~ Meade County”.

References:
reported by DE McGovern

Photographs:
DE McGovern, April 8, 2005

SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned

Plains, Meade County
Plains Cemetery (south east of town on E. Iowa St.)Map

Type: Granite Monument

Description: Inscribed on the front is a G.A.R. Badge and “Dedicated To Our Heroic Dead”. The other sides are:

American Legion Badge and “Lest We Forget”.

Spanish American War Badge “Lest We Forget”.

Red Cross Badge “Dedicated to Our Heroic Dead”.

References:
reported by DE McGovern

Photographs:
DE McGovern, April 8, 2005

SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed