Confederate Monument in Paducah explained

Confederate Monument in Paducah
Location:Oak Grove Cemetery. W of jct. of Park Ave. and 13th St., Paducah, Kentucky
Built:1907
Added:July 17, 1997
Mpsub:Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
Refnum:97000678

The Confederate Monument in Paducah, located northwest of downtown Paducah, Kentucky is a historic monument located in Paducah's Oak Grove Cemetery.

It was built in 1907 on behalf of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is a 20adj=midNaNadj=mid granite obelisk.[1] Six Confederate war dead are buried by the monument.[2]

On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, the Lloyd Tilghman Memorial, is nearby.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.trailsrus.com/monuments/reg1/paducah.html Paducah, Ky.
  2. Brent, Joseph. Confederate Monument in Paducah NRHP Nomination Form (Kentucky Heritage Council, 1997)