Lexington in Fayette County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Ladies' Confederate Memorial
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 11, 2019
1. Ladies' Confederate Memorial
Erected 1874 by Ladies Memorial and Monument Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 38° 3.663′ N, 84° 30.615′ W. Memorial is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County. It can be reached from West Main Street (U.S. 421) 0.1 miles west of Newtown Pike (County Route 922), on the right when traveling west. The memorial is located in Section P of The Lexington Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 833 West Main Street, Lexington KY 40508, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Confederate Soldiers Monument (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lexington National Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. Ό mile away); Address by President Lincoln (approx. Ό mile away); Bicentennial Tree (approx. Ό mile away); Mary Desha (approx. 0.3 miles away); Henry Clay (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lexington Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.
Regarding Ladies' Confederate Memorial. The monument was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997.
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Also see . . . Ladies' Confederate Memorial. This link includes additional photos of the memorial, including its text of "Our Dead". (Submitted on February 9, 2021, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 664 times since then and 36 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 2, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
