Liberty in Casey County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Casey County War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
1. Casey County War Memorial Marker
The Memory Of Our Comrades
Who Entered The Service
Of Their Country
From Casey County, Kentucky
And Who Gave Their Lives
In The World War
Erected by the Citizens of
Casey Co. and elsewhere
under auspices of
Casey Post No. 78, American Legion
November 11, 1935
Erected 1935 by the Citizens of Casey Co. and elsewhere under auspices of Casey Post No. 78, America Legion.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 37° 19.073′ N, 84° 56.414′ W. Memorial is in Liberty, Kentucky, in Casey County. It is at the intersection of Campbellsville Street (Kentucky Route 70) and Courthouse Square, on the left when traveling west on Campbellsville Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 161 Courthouse Square, Liberty KY 42539, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s The Knobs. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Kentucky Cavalry (a few steps from this marker); Casey County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Colonel Silas Adams (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Crossroads / Martin's Creek Skirmish, 1863
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Another marker is no longer nearby. County Named, 1806 (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).
More about this memorial. The statue in photos 2,3 & 4 are not the original sculpture dedicated in 1935. That Doughboy was accidentally shattered by a truck, July 4, 1982. The one in the photo is a replica made by Eleftherios Karkadoulias at a cost of $12,400 paid by two utility companies. It was dedicated November 11, 1983.
Also see . . .
1. Original Doughboy specifications. (Submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Replacement Doughboy information. (Submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
2. Casey County War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
3. Doughboy Memorial looking east on KY-70.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
4. View from Courthouse Square of War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
5. The war dead of WW I
the supreme sacrifice
during the World War
1917 - 18
Casey County Kentucky
Baldock, Herbert D. Ross, Walter Attis
Belton, Edgar B. Roy, Leo
Bennett, Jasper B. Salyers, Virgil
Bird, Sherman Sanders, Ollie
Coffman, Willie Sandusky, Chas. C.
Douglas, Sherman Sharpe, George W.
Emerson, Paris Shaw, Clyde
Ford, Hershall Southerland, Samuel
Goforth, Cephus Taylor, Hugh Frank
Griffin, William R. Thomas, William J.
Hughes, Wess Ward, Irvin T.
Lawhorn, John B. Wash, Louis
Murphy, Bernard Wethington, Crawford
Napier, Virgil E. Wethington, Wilford
Pelley, Jas. C. Wickersham, Jesse I.
Riffe, Henry T. Wilkinson, Matt.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
6. War dead of WW II
the supreme sacrifice
during the World War II
19141 - '46
Casey County, Kentucky
(followed by list of 75 names in two columns)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
7. War dead of the Korean Conflict
the supreme sacrifice
during the Korean Conflict
June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
Casey County, Kentucky
Coffman, Charles Overstreet, James
Miller, Lloyd K. Roy, Orvis
Murphy, Kenneth Smith, Marvin W.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015
8. War dead of the Vietnam Conflict
the supreme sacrifice
during the Vietnam Conflict
'64 - '73
Casey County, Kentucky
George E. Burchett Edgar Godbey
Clifton Henson George Rowland, Jr.
Ewell Lee, Jr. Cecil W. Southerland
Kearny M. Stephens
Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 733 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on June 3, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
