Kentucky List of Confederate monuments and memorials

1 kentucky

1.1 monuments
1.2 gallery
1.3 inhabited places
1.4 parks
1.5 roads
1.6 highways
1.7 schools
1.8 former

kentucky

there @ least 56 public spaces confederate monuments in kentucky.

monuments

confederate monument, georgetown, kentucky



confederate monument, spring hill cemetery, harrodsburg



augusta: confederate monument, payne cemetery, 1903.
bardstown: confederate monument, bardstown/st. joseph s cemetery, 1903.
bowling green:

confederate monument of bowling green, fairview cemetery, 1876.
william f. perry monument, fairview cemetery, 1901.


brandenburg: confederate monument (2016) removed louisville
cadiz: confederate monument, trigg county courthouse, 1913.
covington: veteran s monument, linden grove cemetery, 1933. dedicated american legion , honors both confederate , union veterans.
crab orchard: confederate monument, crab orchard cemetery, 1872.
cynthiana: confederate monument, battle grove cemetery, 1869.
danville: confederate monument, mcdowell park, 1910.
eminence: confederate soldiers martyrs monument, eminence cemetery, 1870.
fairview: confederate monument @ jefferson davis monument state historic site, state park commemorating davis s birthplace, completed in 1924. contains 35-story obelisk.
frankfort:

confederate monument, frankfort cemetery, 1892.
jefferson davis statue, kentucky capitol rotunda, 1936. in 2015, state historic properties advisory commission voted against removing statue. in 2017 several prominent republicans called removal.


fulton: confederate monument, fairview cemetery, 1902.
georgetown: confederate monument, georgetown cemetery, 1888.
graves county: camp beauregard memorial (1909), camp beauregard cemetery. udc memorial confederate soldiers died @ camp beauregard confederate state of america , denied glory of heroic service in battle .
glasgow: confederate monument, barren county courthouse, 1905.
harrodsburg: confederate monument, spring hill cemetery, 1902.
hickman: confederate memorial gateway, hickman city cemetery, 1913.
hopkinsville:

confederate memorial fountain, christian county courthouse, 1911.
latham confederate monument, riverside cemetery, 1887.


horse cave: unknown confederate soldier monument, old dixie highway, 1934.
jeffersontown: confederate martyrs monument, jeffersontown city cemetery, 1904.
lawrenceburg: confederate monument, anderson county courthouse, 1894.
lexington:

ladies confederate memorial, lexington cemetery, 1874.
confederate soldier monument in lexington, lexington cemetery, 1893.


louisville:

john b. castleman monument, cherokee triangle, 1882. on night of august 12–13, 2017, statue , historical marker near disfigured red paint.
confederate monument, dedicated in 1895 , placed next university of louisville on city property. removed , re-located riverfront park in brandenburg, kentucky in december 2016.


madisonville: confederate monument, hopkins county courthouse, 1909.
mayfield:

confederate monument, graves county courthouse, 1920.
confederate monument, maplewood cemetery, 1924.


midway: martyrs monument, midway city cemetery, 1890.
morganfield: confederate monument, city cemetery/odd fellows cemetery, 1870.
morgantown: confederate-union veterans monument, butler county courthouse, 1907.
mt. sterling: confederate monument, machpelan cemetery, 1880.
munfordville: colonel robert a. smith monument, near green river, 1885.
murray: confederate monument, calloway county courthouse, 1917.
nancy: general felix k. zollicoffer monument, zollicoffer park, mill springs battlefield, 1910.
nancy: confederate mass grave monument, zollicoffer park, mill springs battlefield, 1910.
nicholasville: confederate memorial, jessamine county courthouse, 1896.
owensboro: confederate monument, daviess county courthouse, 1900.
owingsville: confederate monument, owingsville cemetery, 1907.
paducah:

confederate monument, oak grove cemetery, 1907.
first confederate volunteer paducah, marker embedded in city sidewalk.
general lloyd tilghman statue, lang park, 1909.


paris: bourbon county confederate monument, paris cemetery, 1887.
perryville:

confederate monument, perryville battlefield state historic site, 1902. commissioned state of kentucky.
unknown confederate dead monument, goodknight cemetery, 1928.


pewee valley: pewee valley confederate monument, pewee valley confederate cemetery, 1904.
princeton: confederate soldier monument, caldwell county courthouse, 1912.
russellville: confederate monument, town square, 1910.
somerset:

battle of dutton s hill monument, old crab orchard road, 1875.


st. joseph: thompson , powell martyrs monument, st. alphonsus catholic church cemetery, 1880.
versailles: confederate monument, versailles cemetery, 1877.

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inhabited places

breckinridge center: census-designated place in union county, kentucky. named because of nearby camp breckinridge, named john c. breckinridge, u.s. vice president , confederate general.
lee county (1870)

parks

fairview: jefferson davis state historic site (1957) site includes davis s birthplace, memorial davis includes 341 ft obelisk (the second tallest obelisk in world after washington monument), confederate flags , other signs , plaques.

roads

highways

jefferson davis memorial highway: marker located in fountain avenue median in paducah, 1935. marker along auxiliary route follows u.s. route 68 bowling green, kentucky paducah, kentucky.

schools

eastern: allen central high school: allen central athletic teams nicknamed rebels. school features various confederate iconography
richmond: eastern kentucky university. eku athletic teams nicknamed colonels, confederate figure.

former


florence: boone county high school. mascot school mr. rebel, confederate general stands tall in light blue uniform, feathered cap, , english mustache. removed in 2017.
lexington:

john c. breckinridge memorial, fayette county courthouse, 1887. in november 2015, committee, urban county arts review board, voted recommend removal of both john hunt morgan memorial , john c. breckinridge memorial. removed october 17, 2017.
john hunt morgan memorial, fayette county courthouse, 1911. removed october 17, 2017






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^ danville, ky . trails-r-us. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
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^ loftus, tom (august 16, 2017). leading republicans call removal of davis statue . courier-journal. retrieved october 29, 2017. 
^ confederate monument, georgetown, kentucky . waymarking. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ camp beauregard memorial . national park service. july 17, 1997. retrieved october 12, 2017. 
^ novelly, tnomas (august 13, 2017). cherokee triangle statue of confederate officer vandalized following charlottesville violence . courier-journal. retrieved october 29, 2017. 
^ confederate statue removed university of louisville campus rededicated in kentucky . fox news. may 30, 2017. retrieved august 16, 2017. 
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^ nicholasville, ky . trails-r-us. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ monuments , memorials . city of paducah. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ perryville, ky . trails-r-us. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ confederate soldier monument-princeton, ky . waymarking. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ dutton hill . lake cumberland tourism. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ st. joseph . trails-r-us. retrieved august 23, 2017. 
^ jefferson davis state historic site – kentucky state parks . parks.ky.gov. 
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