All Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

228 SE Main Street, Lee's Summit, Missouri

( Memorial is on SE Main Street north of SE 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.)

The Missouri Ozarks region is home to the "Bald Knobbers", a vigilante group that formed in the 1880s to enforce the law in the area. They were named after the bald hilltops where they held their meetings and were known for wearing black hoods and using violence to maintain order.