Herington in Dickinson County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Bicentennial Monument Dedication

1776 - 1976

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 1, 2011

1. Bicentennial Monument Dedication Marker

Inscription.
This monument is dedicated to the men and women who gave of themselves and far too often their lives to foster and perpetuate the American dream.

To those who conceived our Constitution, those who wrote it, and those who fashioned the quills.

To those who served and those who died in our several wars, to those who fired the cannon, and to the man with the hoe.

To those in the past and those in the future who have and will shoulder the burden of freedom.

God bless them all!

Erected by City of Herington.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the The Spirit of ’76, America’s Bicentennial Celebration series list.

Location. 38° 39.872′ N, 96° 56.61′ W. Memorial is in Herington, Kansas, in Dickinson County. It is at the intersection of Broadway and Hawley Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 700 South Broadway, Herington KS 67449, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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memorial is in Kansas’ Smoky Hills.

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 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rock Island Depot (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Juan de Padilla Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Vietnam Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dwight David Eisenhower (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hope City Bell (approx. 7.4 miles away); Wilbert Henry Otte (approx. 11.4 miles away); Navarre Church of the Brethren (approx. 12.7 miles away); Chaplain (Father) Emil J. Kapaun (approx. 14.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Herington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Father Juan de Padilla & Quivira (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Bicentennial Monument and Dedication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 1, 2011

2. Bicentennial Monument and Dedication Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 965 times since then and 101 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.