Mammoth Cave in Edmonson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

The Great War Monuments

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 16, 2023

1. The Great War Monuments Marker

Inscription. Veterans groups set the American Legion Monument and the American War Mother’s Monument at this spot in the 1920s to commemorate the dead of World War I, a war whose violence, brutality and carnage stunned the world. People called the war “The Great War” or “The War to End Wars”, hoping there would never be another like it.

The American War Mother’s Monument contains papers from 34 states bearing the names of their war dead. Placing the monuments in the cave gave them lasting protection and clear display to the cave’s many visitors, preserving for the future a warning from the past about the horrors of war.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 37° 11.246′ N, 86° 6.209′ W. Marker is in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, in Edmonson County. It can be reached from Mammoth Cave Entrance Road, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located within Mammoth Cave. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mammoth Cave KY 42259, United States of America.

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Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Country

and in the Pennyroyal 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: Historic Entrance (a few steps from this marker); Old Guide's Cemetery (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); An African American Heritage (about 600 feet away); Mammoth Cave National Park (about 700 feet away); Stephen Tyng Mather (about 700 feet away); World Treasure Saved (approx. 0.2 miles away); Engine No. 4 (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Mammoth Cave Railroad (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mammoth Cave.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 16, 2023

2. The Great War Monuments Marker

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 16, 2023

3. The Great War Monuments Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 245 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 23, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.