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Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial

 
 
Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 25, 2025
1. Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of Jeremiah "Scott" Cole
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism.
 
Location. 39° 51.171′ N, 95° 32.186′ W. Memorial is in Hiawatha, Kansas, in Brown County. It is on Oregon Street east of South 7th Street, on the right. The marker and memorial bricks are at the courthouse entryway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 615 Oregon St, Hiawatha KS 66434, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. 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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Four Horsemen of the Lines" (approx. 12.6 miles away); First REA Project in Kansas (approx. 12.9 miles away); Horton Civic Center (approx. 13.4 miles away); School Bell - 1886 (approx.
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13½ miles away); The "Three Amigos" Tree (approx. 13.6 miles away); Everest 125th Anniversary (approx. 13.6 miles away); Prairie Flower Garden (approx. 13.6 miles away); The Founders of Everest (approx. 13.6 miles away).
 
More about this memorial. Walk around the grounds, as the entire area surrounding the courthouse is an arboretum and the trees are all labeled. Bricks with names of fallen veterans of Brown County are installed in front of the marker.
 
Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial at the Brown County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 25, 2025
2. Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial at the Brown County Courthouse
Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 25, 2025
3. Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial
The memorial is on the courthouse grounds which is also an arboretum. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling
4. The memorial is on the courthouse grounds which is also an arboretum.
Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 25, 2025
5. Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial
Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 25, 2025
6. Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial
Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Shirley A Stirling, September 25, 2025
7. Brown County Fallen Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on October 1, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. Photos:   1. submitted on September 26, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington.   2. submitted on October 2, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington.   3, 4, 5. submitted on September 26, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington.   6, 7. submitted on October 1, 2025, by Shirley A Stirling of Lacey, Washington. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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