Colored Soldiers Monument (Frankfort, Kentucky)

Colored Soldiers Monument (Frankfort, Kentucky)

Subject (Topic)
African Americans--History
Cemeteries--Kentucky
Kentucky--Frankfort
United States Colored Troops

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

The ten-foot limestone pillar was dedicated to 142 United States Colored Troop soldiers from Franklin County, Kentucky, who fought in the Civil War.

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Photograph: Wikipedia

July 4, 1924

Women’s Relief Corps No. 8 of the Grand Army of the Republic

State of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601, United States

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Green Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601, United States

Inscription on the front of the limestone pillar:
Erected by Woman's Relief Corp No. 8

*G. A. R.*
July 1924

In Memory of the Colored Soldiers
Franklin Co., KY
Who Fought in the Civil War
1861-1865

The other three sides of the monument list the names of 142 African American soldiers.

120 in. (304.8 cm)

Limestone

Talbott, Tim. "Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial." Kentucky Historical Society. Accessed January 23, 2019. https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/191.

Alan Skerrett, Jr, ed. "Monuments to the United States Colored Troops (USCT) [African American Civil War Soldiers: The List." Jubilo! The Emancipation Century Blog, May 30, 2011. Accessed February 11, 2026. https://jubiloemancipationcentury.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/monuments-to-the-united-states-colored-troops-usct-the-list/.

Renée Ater

Sculpture