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Places to visit

War Memorials & Military Museums in Kentucky

62 war memorials and 7 military museums in Kentucky — places to remember and learn, listed by town with a map.

62memorials
7museums

Military museums (7)

NameCityAddressContact
Bardstown Civil War MuseumBardstown310 East Broadway Street 40004Website
Women's Civil War Museumnear Bardstown
Fort Thomas Military Museumnear Fort ThomasWebsite
Kentucky Military History Museum
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Frankfort125 East Main Street 40601Website
Aviation Museum of Kentuckynear Lexington4029 Airport Road
Aviation Heritage Park—
Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum—Website

Where Medal of Honor recipients rest in Kentucky

War memorials

Monuments to veterans and the fallen, from Civil War soldiers’ statues to Vietnam and Gold Star memorials, grouped by town.

NameCityAddressContact
Confederate Monument of Bardstownnear Bardstown
Kenton County Veterans Memorialnear Boone CountyWebsite
Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorialnear Boone CountyWebsite
Veteran’s Memorialnear Boone County
Walton–Verona Veterans Memorialnear Boone County
Grand Army of the Republic Monumentnear Fort Thomas
Colored Soldiers Monumentnear Frankfort
Confederate Monumentnear Frankfort
Confederate Monumentnear Frankfort
Gold Star Families Memorial Marker
“A tribute to Gold Star Families and Relatives who sacrificed a Loved One for our Freedom.”
near Frankfort
Kentucky Historical Society Civil War Markernear Frankfort
Kentucky War Memorialnear Frankfort
Maude McCarty American War Mothers Memorialnear Frankfort
Vietnam War Memorialnear Frankfort
Bourbon County Confederate Monumentnear Lexington
Confederate Monumentnear Lexington
Jessamine County Veterans Memorialnear Lexington
Ladies' Confederate Memorialnear Lexington
The Kentucky Soldiers Homenear Louisville
U. S. Coast Guard World War II Operations in Louisville
“From November, 1942 - November, 1944, 134 Coast Guard temporary reservists conducted continuous river patrols from this station. Led by...”
near LouisvilleWebsite
Confederate Martyrs Monumentnear Middletown
Confederate Memorialnear Middletown
Tri Ân Monumentnear Middletown
Vietnam War memorialnear Middletown
Confederate Monumentnear Owensboro
Korean War Memorialnear St Matthews
Our Honored Dead
“Our Honored Dead|William Frank Adams|Vernon O. Allyn|Robert Mike Clarkson|Charles D. Collins|James A. Copeland|Cecil Thomas Crow|Frank...”
near St Matthews
Arant Confederate Park—
Armed Services Memorial—
Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument—
Camp Bearregard Memorial—
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument—
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Confederate Monument at Crab Orchard—
Confederate Monument in Perryville—
Confederate-Union Veterans Monument—
Floyd County War Memorial—
Fredonia Valley Veterans Memorial—
Freedom Park (WWI Veterans Memorial)—
Korean War Memorial—
P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial—
Robertson County Veterans Memorial—
Union Monument—
Union Monument in Perryville—
US Veterans Memorial—
Veterans Tribute—
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall—
Wolfe County Vietnam War Memorial—

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