Brook Creek in Lawrence in Douglas County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Spanish-American War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 2, 2014
1. Spanish-American War Memorial Marker
Company H
20th Kansas Inft. U.S.V.
Eighth Army Corps
Spanish-American War
1898 – 1899
Erected by Company H, 20th Kansas Infantry, United States Volunteers.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Spanish-American.
Location. 38° 57.609′ N, 95° 12.735′ W. Memorial is in Lawrence, Kansas, in Douglas County. It is in Brook Creek. It can be reached from Oak Hill Avenue. Monument is in Oak Hill Cemetery, accessed off Oak Hill Avenue, east of Elmwood Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1605 Oak Hill Avenue, Lawrence KS 66044, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country. 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 walking distance of this marker: Citizens Memorial Monument (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg (approx. 0.3 miles away); Larry Brown (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen (approx. 0.3 miles away); Adolph Frederick Rupp (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dean Smith (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. James Naismith (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lawrence.
Also see . . .
this page online
1. Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence KS. (Submitted on October 9, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Kansas Spanish-American War Records Held by KS Historical Society. (Submitted on October 10, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 2, 2014
2. Spanish-American War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 2, 2014
3. Spanish-American War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 739 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 10, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
