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Bonner - Loring in Bonner Springs in Wyandotte County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial

 
 
Closeup of G.A.R. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 4, 2009
1. Closeup of G.A.R. Marker
Inscription.
GAR Marker
In memory of
those who gave
their lives in
defence of
their Country

American Legion Marker
Dedicated to
the memory of
those who served
our Country
with Honor


 
Erected 1982 by American Legion.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 4.298′ N, 94° 52.815′ W. Marker is in Bonner Springs, Kansas, in Wyandotte County. It is in Bonner - Loring. It is on Cemetery Road, on the left. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bonner Springs KS 66012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Eastern Kansas and in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Centennial Park Caboose (approx. one mile away); Bomber Builders (approx. 2½ miles away); The Ethnic Communities of Wyandotte County Sesquicentennial (approx. 2½ miles away); Kansas City, Kansas (approx. 2.6 miles away); Kansas Indian Reservations (approx. 2.6 miles away); The National Farmers Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Edwardsville Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); Julia Lee (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bonner Springs.
 
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This monument, along with its flagpole, can be seen from the cemetery entrance. It is just off to the left and up a small rise along the main cemetery road. The markers are surrounded by a circle of veteran's gravesites.
 
Regarding Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial. The G.A.R. or Grand Army of the Republic was a group of Union Civil War Veterans active in the promotion of veterans' affairs for many years after the Civil War. The Cemetery Board has no information as to when this marker was placed.
 
Also see . . .  Bonner Springs. This is the official link to Bonner Springs, Kansas (Submitted on July 30, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.) 
 
Additional keywords. Veterans and War Memorial
 
American Legion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 4, 2009
2. American Legion Marker
Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 4, 2009
3. Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial
Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 4, 2009
4. Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial
The circle of Veteran's grave can be seen in the foreground.
Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 4, 2009
5. Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial
Photo of the entrance of the Bonner Springs Cemetery. The Veterans' Markers are up the rise to the left.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 1,397 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 30, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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