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DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED

UNKNOWN DEAD FROM 1861-1865

ERECTED BY THE CITY OF KEARNEY, 1910. IN HONOR OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY, 1861-1865 AND 1898-1900.

CAPTAIN LEE FORBY, BORN JANUARY 3, 1871, WAS WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF SAN FRANCISCO DEL NORTE AND DIED NEAR MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, ON MARCH 28,1899. NAMES OF OTHERS WHO DIED WITH CAPTAIN FORBY ARE ENGRAVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MEMORIAL.

HONOR ROLL OF NAMES OF SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 AND SPANISH WAR 1898-1901

IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY 1861-1865 1898-1902

DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY 15TH 1898

MEMORIAL TO THE VETERANS OF THE CIVIL AND SPANISH-AMERICAN WARS WITH AN HONOR ROLL OF VETERANS NAMES FROM KEARNEY COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

SEE ALSO-PLATTE COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-PLATTE COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL

THIS HALL WAS BUILT IN 1894-1895

MAY 15, 1870 FIVE CAVALRY MEN OF COMPANY C, LEONARD, CANFIELD, HIMMELSBACH, HUBBARD AND THOMPSON ENGAGED FIFTY INDIANS IN A TWO HOUR SKIRMISH AND DROVE THEM OFF. WHEN A REPORT OF THIS REACHED SECRETARY OF WAR WILLIAM W. BELKNAP, HE ORDERED MEDALS OF HONOR ...

DEDICATED TO ALL KEITH COUNTY VETERANS-INSCRIBED ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE VETERANS FROM KEITH COUNTY WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM WE HOLD SO DEAR.