Memorial Arch
6th and Washington St., Heritage Park
Junction City, KS
Photo and Text by LCWRT Member Holly Jenkins-Evans
This impressive, 35 foot high Civil War Memorial Arch stands in Heritage Park in Junction City, Kansas. Not bad for a town with a population of 2684 in 1880. Planned and built by the veterans of the Union Army, as a tribute to the those who died during the American Civil War, the arch was dedicated on September 8, 1898. The arch is 23 feet wide with a white bronze soldier atop as well as two 8-inch mortars.
The following inscriptions are both on the arch itself and on replica plaques on a pedestal behind the arch, recently dedicated on April 9, 2019.
Left front of the arch:
In God We Trust
In Memory Of
The Soldiers And Sailors Of
1861-1865
Who, Inspired By Patriotism
Freely Offered Their Lives;
For The Maintenance Of
An United Country
Right front of the arch:
1861-1865
Total Enlistment
2,778,304
Killed in Battle
67,050
Died of Wound Received in Action
43,012
Died from Other Causes
240,458
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