Medicine Lodge in Barber County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

1. Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Veterans Who Served… Our True Heroes

Erected 2000 by Medicine Lodge 5th Grade and Vo Ag Shop.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Heroes • Military.

Location. 37° 17.58′ N, 98° 35.255′ W. Memorial is in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in Barber County. It can be reached from Iliff Street (U.S. 281). Monument is in Highland Cemetery, near the office, off North Iliff Street (US Hwy 281), north of Eldorado Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Medicine Lodge KS 67104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

on the Southern Plains,

and specifically on the High 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,

the Comanchería,

the Dust Bowl,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Medicine Lodge Stockade (approx. 0.9 miles away); Peace Treaty Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Medicine Lodge Stockade (approx. 0.9 miles away); The First National Bank (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Medicine Lodge Stockade (approx. one mile away); The Grand Hotel (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Medicine Lodge Stockade (approx. 1.1 miles away); Carry Nation Home (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medicine Lodge.

Veterans Memorial (back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

2. Veterans Memorial (back)

Initials of students who made the monument, which is shaped like dogtags

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2012

3. Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 576 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.