Confederate Monument in Paducah

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Confederate Monument in Paducah

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| image = Confederate Monument in Paducah.jpg

| caption = View from the south

| location = Oak Grove Cemetery. W of jct. of Park Ave. and 13th St., Paducah, Kentucky

| locmapin = Kentucky#USA

| area =

| built = 1907

| architect =

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| added = July 17, 1997

| mpsub = Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS

| refnum = 97000678 {{NRISref|2008a}}

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The Confederate Monument in Paducah, located northwest of downtown Paducah, Kentucky is a historic monument located in Paducah's Oak Grove Cemetery.

It was built in 1907 on behalf of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is a {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} granite obelisk.[http://www.trailsrus.com/monuments/reg1/paducah.html Paducah, Ky.] Trailsrus.com Six Confederate war dead are buried by the monument.Brent, Joseph. Confederate Monument in Paducah NRHP Nomination Form (Kentucky Heritage Council, 1997)

On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty-one different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. One other monument on the list, the Lloyd Tilghman Memorial, is nearby.

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