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Humboldt in Allen County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 13, 2013
1. Veterans Memorial
Looking north
Inscription.
Memorial to
Veterans of All Wars

In Memory of
Vicksburg Post No. 72
Grand Army of the Republic

1861 - 1865
Lawton Circle No. 97
Ladies of the G.A.R.

 
Erected by Algy Doty American Legion Post No. 118 and Auxiliary.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesMilitary.
 
Location. 37° 49.565′ N, 95° 25.543′ W. Memorial is in Humboldt, Kansas, in Allen County. It can be reached from Hawaii Road. Marker is in Mount Hope Cemetery, off Hawaii Road (KS 224), about a mile west of US Hwy 169. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Humboldt KS 66748, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as
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the crow flies: Rev. D. D. Payne (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Santa Fe Depot - Humboldt, Kansas (approx. 0.4 miles away); German Evangelical Church, 1860 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sophia Fussman (approx. 1.2 miles away); Abel Secrest (approx. 1.2 miles away); Colonel Orlin Thurston (approx. 1.2 miles away); J. A. Coffey (approx. 1.2 miles away); Confederate Soldier (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Humboldt.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 13, 2013
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial - G.A.R. Post 72 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 13, 2013
3. Veterans Memorial - G.A.R. Post 72
Veterans Memorial L.G.A.R. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 13, 2013
4. Veterans Memorial L.G.A.R. Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 967 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jul. 13, 2026