Sabetha, Nemaha County
City Hall (805 Main St.) – Map
Type: Bronze Plaques
Description: A series of plaques are mounted next to the City Hall. Each plaque honors veterans who lived in Sabetha. The GAR plaque reads: “Roll Of Honor ~ Civil War Veterans 1861-1865 ~ Officers And Members Of ~ Sabetha Post 175 G.A.R. Kansas —-~ Ira F. Collins ~ Department Commander Of Kansas 1890 ~ —- ~ Post Commanders ~ (names) ~ Post Members ~ (names) ~ —- ~ This Tablet Presented To Sabetha Post No. 175 G.A.R. By ~ Mrs. Mary Massey Terwilliger ~ The Loving Daughter Of Comrade Thompson W. Massey”.
It has not been determined where this plaque was originally installed.
References:
reported by B Tarr
Photographs:
RM Thies, October 25, 1995
DE McGovern, February 2, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Seneca, Nemaha County
American Legion Hall (center of town) – Map
Type: Cannon
Description: A 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle is mounted on a restored wooden carriage. This cannon was originally in the City Cemetery (north of town). It was remounted on a wooden carriage and moved to the American Legion Earle W Taylor Post Number 21 hall in about 2005.
References:
Stark, 1997,
Thies, 2004
Photographs:
RM Thies, July 15, 1994
DE McGovern August 3, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
[As of March 2023, cannon may no longer be at this location]
Seneca, Nemaha County
Veterans Memorial Park (Highways 36 & 63 – NE of town) – Map
Type: Plaza
Description: A memorial plaza with a flagpole includes a long wall covered with granite name plaques of county veterans. The main inscription reads: “With Freedom and Justice for All”. Concrete benches have inscriptions of: “Lest We Forget”, “Be not afraid – for there are those ~ who will sacrifice for our country”, “Remember, Freedom is not free”, “Honoring all who served”, “Dedicated to all who served the United ~ States of America in peace and war”, “You never lived till you almost died ~ the protected will never know”, “Dedicated to the past present & Future generations ~ of proud men & women who serve our country ~ God Bless America”.
References:
Moran, 2009
Photographs:
DE McGovern, April 20, 2010
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
Department of Kansas Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War 