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On 17 July 1997, the 32nd Indiana Monument, along with the nearby Union Monument in Louisville, also at Cave Hill Cemetery, was added to the National Register of Historic Places – two of 60 American Civil War monuments in Kentucky honored on the same day. Most of these monuments honor fallen Confederate, not Union, forces. Three other Civil War monuments are also in Jefferson County, Kentucky: the Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown, the Louisville Confederate Monument on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus, and the John B. Castleman Monument in Cherokee Triangle.
The porous limestone monument has been severely damaged over time by artificial pollutants and natural weathering, and most of the inscription has faded away. Currently, a wooden structure protects the monument from further decay. One plan to preserve it would have been to house it at the Hart County Historical Society Museum in Munfordville, making granite copies to place at both its current and original locations.
Conservation Solutions, Inc. (CSI) decided that to maintain the monument, it had to be removed to an indoor display. Conservation methods included "cleaning, re-attaching flaking and spalled stone surfaces, removal of inappropriate patch materials and patching".
Three Kentucky museums vied for displaying it after repairs, with the Frazier Museum given it over Hart County's and the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky by the National Cemetery Administration. However, Battle for the Bridge Historical Society may try to get it moved to Munfordville. It went on display at the Frazier Museum in August 2010 in the lobby area, so that visitors need not pay to see it. Since its move, it has been removed from the National Register of Historic Places.
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