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Then on July 3, 2002 a monument housing an eternal flame was dedicated as an "eternal" remembrance of the Shelby County veterans, living and dead, and their valiant sacrifices for freedom. The eternal flame sits on top of a 3-foot-high black granite base, and faces the Shelby County Courthouse. A Civil War Memorial is also in Lincoln Public Square.
The black granite base of the flame contains etchings, such as General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore in the Philippines in 1945, Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima in World War II and Shelbyville resident August West. The square also a plaque in honor of Abraham Lincoln who practiced law in Shelbyville. There is also a plaque for Horace Tallman, the inventor of the first mechanical pick-up hay baler. Flags are placed around the square during Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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