SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS


Kismet, Seward County

Memorial Plaza
(west of town)


Kismet



Type: Granite Monument

Description: This Granite monument is inscribed: "To Those Who Served ~ Our Country ~ They Gave Their Today ~ For Our Tomorrow". This followed by names of those who served.

References:
reported by DE McGovern

Photographs:
DE McGovern, May 65, 2012

SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned


Liberal, Seward County

Liberal Cemetery
(northwest of town)


Liberal



Type: Bronze Soldier Statue

Description: Granite monument surmounted by a bronze soldier statue, the soldier at parade rest. The front of the base of the statue is inscribed: "Comrades ~ 1861 - 1865". The back of the base is engraved: "This Statue Was Restored ~ And Rededicated In 1994, ~ To All Veterans Who ~ Struggled Throughout ~ The World, In All Wars, To ~ Preserve Those Liberties ~ We Hold So Dearly".

Above this inscription are the emblems of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Army National Guard, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Seward County Historical Society.

An associated small stone plaque reads: "The American Legion And ~ Veterans Of Foreign Wars ~ Contributed Greatly To ~ The Restoration Of This ~ Monument In 1994".

A small bronze medallion, inscribed with: "Civil War Memorial Restoration ~ Comrades 1861 - 1865 ~ Liberal, Kansas 1993", is mounted on the base of the flagpole next to the statue.

References:
SOS! 1994

Photographs:
RM Thies, February 4, 1995
DE McGovern, April 8, 2005

SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed

Liberal, Seward County

Court House


Liberal



Type: Granite Monument

Description: This Granite monument is inscribed: "Dedicated To ~ The Memory Of Those ~ Who Offered Their Lives ~ In The Service ~ Of Our Country".

References:
reported by DE McGovern

Photographs:
DE McGovern, December 9, 2007

SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned