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Places to visit

War Memorials & Military Museums in Iowa

47 war memorials and 4 military museums in Iowa — places to remember and learn, listed by town with a map.

47memorials
4museums

Military museums (4)

NameCityAddressContact
Iowa Military Aviation Heritage Museum/Exec 1 South Hangernear Ankeny
The Restored Burlington Northern Depot & World War II Memorial Museum
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-12:00
Red Oak305 South 2nd Street 51566
Iowa Aviation Museum
Hours: Apr-Nov: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 13:00-17:00
—2251 Airport RoadWebsite
Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum—Website

Where Medal of Honor recipients rest in Iowa

War memorials

Monuments to veterans and the fallen, from Civil War soldiers’ statues to Vietnam and Gold Star memorials, grouped by town.

NameCityAddressContact
Veterans Memorialnear Ames
Veterans Memorialnear Ames
Ankeny Veteran's Memorialnear Ankeny
Bellevue War Memorialnear Bellevue
Veterans Memorialnear Bellevue
In Honor of the Veterans of Benton Countynear Cedar Rapids
The Coe "Victory" Bellnear Cedar Rapids
Civil War Memorialnear Clarinda
Page County War Memorialnear Clarinda
Bettendorf Veterans Memorialnear Davenport
Veterans Memorialnear Delhi
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestonenear Delhi
American Revolution Monumentnear Des Moines
Civil War Parrot Riflenear Des Moines
Iowa Holocaust Memorialnear Des MoinesWebsite
Purple Heart Memorialnear Des Moines
S-36 Submarine Memorialnear Des MoinesWebsite
V.F.W. Monument
“TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THAT WE MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM”
near Des MoinesWebsite
American Legion Dedication Wallnear Newton
Jasper County Freedom Rocknear Newton
Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rocknear Parkersburg
Dumont Area Veterans Memorialnear Parkersburg
Veteran's Memorialnear Parkersburg
POW Memorialnear Waterloo
USS Frank E. Evans D7540near Waterloo
West Point Freedom Rocknear West Point
Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock—
Civil War Monument—
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock—
Eagle Grove War Memorial—
Eldora Veterans Memorial—
Heart of Honor—
Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial—
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock—
MIA-POW Display—Website
Mondamin Veterans Memorial—
Orange City Area Veteran's Memorial—
Saint Ansgar Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock—
Sioux Center Area Veterans Memorial—
Veteran's Memorial—
Veteran's Memorial Plaza—
Veterans Memorial—
Veteran’s Memorial—
Vietnam Veterans Memorial—
Wadena Veteran's Memorial—
War Memorial—
Word of Honor—

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