Independence in Montgomery County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

United Spanish War Veterans Memorial

1898 - 1902

— Army - Navy —

United Spanish War Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2012

1. United Spanish War Veterans Memorial

Inscription. William McTaggart
Camp No. 25
instituted
Sept 25 1920

USA · Cuba · Porto Rico
Philippine Islands

Erected 1938 by William McTaggart Camp No. 25.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.

Location. 37° 14.334′ N, 95° 42.091′ W. Memorial is in Independence, Kansas, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Miss Able Avenue. Monument is off East Oak Street, in Riverside Park between Emmot Field and the playground. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Independence KS 67301, 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 New Spain

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Organized Night Baseball Game (about 600 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Kayo's Boys (about 600 feet away); F-100F Super Sabre (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); A. C. Stich Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. George Tann (approx. 0.4 miles away); Replica of the Statue of Liberty (approx. 0.9 miles away); Princess Cartwright's "Remington" (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Independence.

Another marker is no longer nearby. First Night Game in Organized Baseball (was about 600 feet away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . The Fighting Twentieth: History and Official Souvenir of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment (1899). (Submitted on July 24, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2012

2. United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2012

3. United Spanish War Veterans Memorial

Looking SSE

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 865 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 24, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.