Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Civil War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
1. Civil War Memorial Marker
of
Veterans of War
1861 - 1865
Erected 1923 by Pap Thomas Post No. 52 G.A.R.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 38° 22.062′ N, 98° 48.059′ W. Memorial is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. It can be reached from Broadway Avenue. Monument is in Great Bend Cemetery, off Broadway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4500 Broadway Avenue, Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oscar Micheaux (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jack Kilby (approx. 2 miles away); Santa Fe Trail (approx. 2 miles away); a different marker also named Civil War Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); Streetscape (approx. 2 miles away); Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); ATSF Locomotive No. 3416 (approx. 2 miles away); Wild West Superhighway (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
2. Civil War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 867 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 23, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
