Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial

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Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial
Doyle Glass Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial Sculpture-2.jpg
Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial
38°15′15.14″N85°45′32.66″W / 38.2542056°N 85.7590722°W / 38.2542056; -85.7590722
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Designer Doyle Glass (sculptor)
TypeSculpture on base
MaterialSculpture: Bronze
Base: Limestone and granite
Dedicated toRecipients of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky

The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, honoring all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse, the Memorial was sculpted by Doyle Glass and dedicated on Veterans Day 2001. The Memorial features a life-size bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient John C. Squires as he would appear on the night he earned the Medal of Honor. Squires, a native of Louisville, was killed in action in Italy during World War II. The statue of Squires stands on a 4-foot-high (1.2 m) granite base. A plaque on the base lists the names of each recipient of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky.

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Recipients of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky

Civil War 1861–1865
Indian Campaigns 1870–1891
Actions in Peacetime 1871–1910
Wars of American Expansion 1897–1902
World War I 1917–1919
World War II 1941–1945
Korean War 1950–1953
Vietnam War 1961–1975
War in Afghanistan 2001–2021

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