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Higginsville in Lafayette County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Lion of Lucerne

 
 
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
1. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Front of Memorial
Inscription. In Memoriam

Our Confederate Dead

reverse of Memorial
1861 Gloria Victus 1865
 
Erected 1906 by Missouri Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
 
Location. 39° 5.923′ N, 93° 43.783′ W. Marker is in Higginsville, Missouri, in Lafayette County. Marker can be reached from Service Road, 0.2 miles north of Business Missouri Highway 13, on the right when traveling south. This Marker is in the Confederate Cemetery - part of the Confederate Memorial State Park. This park used to be part of the Confederate Home for the Veterans. The last Veteran was 108 - John T Graves who died in 1950. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Higginsville MO 64037, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Our Confederate Dead (a few steps from this marker); Confederate States of America - National Flags (a few steps from this marker); Confederate States of America - Battle Flags (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Memorial State Historic Site (within shouting distance
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of this marker); Confederate Home Chapel Restoration (within shouting distance of this marker); Cottage Row [and] The Confederate Home Chapel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Confederate Home of Missouri (about 300 feet away); Confederate Soldiers' Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Higginsville.
 
More about this marker. This memorial is a copy of the Lion of Lucerne sculpture in France. The Confederate Seal replaces the French Seal
 
Also see . . .
1. Confederate Memorial State Park. (Submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)
2. Wikipedia site for William Quantrill. (Submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)
3. William Quantrill's Find a Grave Site. (Submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)
 
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
2. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Reverse of Memorial
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
3. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Closeup of Flags and UDC Seal
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
4. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Closeup of Lion & Confederate Seal
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
5. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Closeup of Confederate Seal
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
6. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Closeup of Reverse of Memorial
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
7. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Burial site of William Quantrill - this is one of three burial sites for William Quantrill. From Find a Grave - He had made arrangements with the hospital priest for purchase of a lot with marker and burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. The priest, fearing vandals, ordered the grave restored to a natural condition without a marker. Some twenty years later, the strange odyssey and the disbursement of his bones began. Quantrill's mother arrived in the company of her son's boyhood friend. A request made to take the remains back to Ohio was refused. However, it was agreed the grave would be dug up and the contents viewed. Quantrill's friend took the skull to Mrs Quantrill who identified it based upon a chipped tooth. Under cover of darkness, the entire box was stolen. Upon return to Dover, the bones were interred in the family plot in the Dover 4th St Cemetery minus the skull and various bones the unscrupulous friend had removed and kept. Some bones ended up at the Kansas State Historical Society and the skull to the Dover museum until buried in a separate container in the family plot. The stolen parts were repatriated by the Missouri Division of the Sons of Confederate Veteran's and are buried among his comrades at the Old Confederate Veteran's Home Cemetery, Higginsville, Mo.
Lion of Lucerne Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
8. Lion of Lucerne Marker
Burial Site of John T Graves - the last Veteran residing at the Confederate Home.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 1,519 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.

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