The Topeka Cemetery has recently been putting up temporary signs at the graves of World War I dead for Memorial Day and Veterans Day. It appears they are now putting up more permanent signs in time for Veterans Day. See the video from the Topeka Capital-Journal:
I will suggest that other cemeteries, perhaps in conjunction with local historical societies or other organiztions, might consider this as an appropriate project for the centennial.
Blair Tarr
Blair Tarr is the Museum Curator of the Kansas State Historical Society. He oversees the three-dimensional collections of the Society, but has special interests in the Civil War, Wichita-made Valentine diners, and Leavenworth's Abernathy Furniture. In the last few years he has also done a lot of cramming on The Great War. He is a past president of the Kansas Museums Association and the Civil War Round Tables of both Kansas City and Eastern Kansas. He is currently a board member of the Heritage League of Greater Kansas City.
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