Union Monument in Louisville facts for kids
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Union Monument in Louisville
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Louisville Union Monument
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| Location | Within Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Built | 1914 |
| MPS | Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000687 |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The Union Monument in Louisville is located in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1914 from granite, honoring unknown soldiers who fought in the Union during the American Civil War. It is in front of the large number of Union soldiers buried at Cave Hill.
The inscription on the monument reads: "In Memory of Unknown Union Soldiers in This Cemetery 1861-1865 Erected by Kentucky Comrades—1914".
The monument was one of sixty American Civil War monuments in Kentucky that were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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Wider view of the Union Monument
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