Veteran's Monument in Covington

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caption = North view of monument
location= Covington, Kentucky
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 4
lat_seconds = 22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 30
long_seconds = 54
long_direction = W
locmapin = Kentucky
area =
built =1933
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
added = July 17, 1997
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS
refnum=97000685cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Veteran's Monument, also called the War Between the States Veteran's Memorial, in Linden Grove Cemetery of Covington, Kentucky was built in remembrance of both Union and Confederate veterans of the American Civil War. It is one of only two memorials in the Commonwealth of Kentucky that celebrate soldiers of both sides of the conflict. The American Legion dedicated the monument on May 30, 1933, which was that year's Memorial Day. [http://www.trailsrus.com/monuments/reg4/covington.html Civil War in Kentucky ] ]

The monument is built so that presentations could be held on its top, presumably for Memorial Day celebrations, and is the only monument to the War in Kentucky that is a platform. It is also the only monument to the War in Kentucky that uses the phrase "War Between the States". The structure is five feet high, twenty-one feet long, and nine feet wide. It is constructed of concrete and limestone, with a hollow center for presenters. At each corner of the monument are similar engaged columns with concrete caps. An inscription is on a stone plaque on the north face. Steps on the south side allow for access on top of the monument. On the east side is an American Legion seal made of brass, denoting who built the monument.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64500229.pdf National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Civil War Monuments in Kentucky, 1865-1935] |1.81 MiB |date=January 8, 1997 |author=Brent, Joseph E. |publisher=National Park Service pp.F-2] [http://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy/register/VeteransMonument.pdf]

Cannons have been placed on the east and west sides of the monument, which are not of the 1860s era.

On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-two 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. It is within a few feet of the GAR Monument in Covington, which was also on the same MPS, but was built four years earlier.

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