Places to visit
War Memorials & Military Museums in Ohio
173 war memorials and 28 military museums in Ohio — places to remember and learn, listed by town with a map.
173memorials
28museums
Military museums (28)
Where Medal of Honor recipients rest in Ohio
- Calvary Cemetery7 recipients
- Spring Grove Cemetery7 recipients
- Greenlawn Cemetery6 recipients
- Woodlawn Cemetery6 recipients
- Dayton National Cemetery5 recipients
- Greenwood Cemetery4 recipients
- Lakeview Cemetery4 recipients
- Riverside Cemetery4 recipients
- City Cemetery3 recipients
- Cedar Hill Cemetery2 recipients
- Forest Cemetery2 recipients
- Grove Cemetery2 recipients
- Mansfield Memorial Park2 recipients
- McPherson Cemetery2 recipients
- Oak Grove Cemetery2 recipients
War memorials
Monuments to veterans and the fallen, from Civil War soldiers’ statues to Vietnam and Gold Star memorials, grouped by town.
| Name | City |
|---|---|
| Antwerp Veterans Memorial “HONORING * ALL * VETERANS” | near Antwerp |
| American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial | near Ashtabula |
| Unionville War Memorial | near Ashtabula |
| Ohio University | near Athens |
| Clermont County Vietnam Veterans Memorial | near Batavia |
| Veterans Memorial Plaza | near Batavia |
| Vietnam Veteram Memorial “Vietnam Veterans of America Clermont County Ohio Chapter 649” | near Batavia |
| Armed Forces Memorial “Dedicated to BGSU students past, present and future serving our country in the armed forces” | near Bowling Green |
| Gold Star Families Memorial Monument “A Tribute to Gold Star Families and Relatives Who sacrificed a loved one for our freedom ~” | near Bowling Green |
| Honor and Remembrance “THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE SACRIFICE OF SERVICE MEMBERS FROM WOOD COUNTY, OHIO WHO DIED WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY OUTSIDE AN ACTIVE...” | near Bowling Green |
| Korean War Memorial “KOREAN WAR 1950-1953” | near Bowling Green |
| Persian Gulf “In Memory Of The Men and Women Who Served In IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM” | near Bowling Green |
| Veterans of All Wars Memorial | near Bowling Green |
| Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia War Memorial “LEST WE FORGET WOOD COUNTY'S BEST OF THEIR GENERATION. IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN VALOR AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WERE SACRIFICED...” | near Bowling Green |
| Wood County in the Civil War | near Bowling Green |
| Wood County Medal of Honor Memorial “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS STATE OF OHIO WOOD COUNTY” | near Bowling Green |
| Wood County War Memorial | near Bowling Green |
| World War Memorial “DEDICATED TO THE HEROIC SOLDIERS OF WOOD COUNTY WHO STAND IN THE UNBROKEN LIVE ON PATRIOTS WHO DARED TO DIE THAT FREEDOM MIGHT LIVE AND...” | near Bowling Green |
| WWII Honor Roll Portage Corp & Rural RTE | near Bowling Green |
| Pickaway County Veterans Memorial | near Canal Winchester |
| Addyston War Memorial | near Cincinnati |
| Doughboy | near Cincinnati |
| Glendale Veterans’ Memorial | near Cincinnati |
| Laurel–Lincoln World War II Memorial | near Cincinnati |
| Sharonville Patriot Pointe | near Cincinnati |
| Springdale Veterans Memorial | near Cincinnati |
| World War II Comes to Lunken Field | near Cincinnati |
| Gold Star Family Memorial Monument | near Cleveland |
| John F. Kennedy and Veterans Memorial | near Cleveland |
| Maple Heights Veterans Memorial | near Cleveland |
| Memorial Cannon | near Cleveland |
| South Euclid War Memorial | near Cleveland |
| Spanish American War Memorial | near Cleveland |
| Veterans Memorial | near Cleveland |
| War Memorial Gazebo | near Cleveland |
| WW2 Memorial | near Cleveland |
| Grandview Heights Memorial | near Columbus |
| Honoring All Veterans Past Present and Future “My stone is red for the blood they shed The medal I bear is my country's way to show they care If I could be seen by all mankind maybe...” | near Columbus |
| Linden War Memorial “"In honor of those who answered the call"” | near Columbus |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Columbus |
| Veterans' Memorial | near Columbus |
| Vietnam War Memorial | near Columbus |
| World War 1 Memorial “In Honor of Those Sons of The Ohio State University who have answered the call to the colors in the year 1917” | near Columbus |
| Aurora Memorial Gun | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Korean War Memorial | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Memorial park | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Veterans Memorial | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Veterans Memorial | near Cuyahoga Falls |
| Gold Star Families Memorial Monument | near Dayton |
| Montgomery County Civil War Memorial | near Dayton |
| Ohio Korean War Veterans Memorial | near Dayton |
| Radar Station Veterans | near Dayton |
| Tony Stein Memorial | near Dayton |
| Veterans Memorial at Orchardly Park “Thank you to all the veterans who have served our country||Dedicated by Girl Scout Troop 30149 and the Community in 2018.” | near Dayton |
| Veterans Memorial park | near Dayton |
| Euclid Veterans Memorial | near Eastlake |
| Battle Tank | near Fairport Harbor |
| A Soldier’s Epitaph | near Felicity |
| Fallen Vietnam Soldiers Memorial | near Felicity |
| Neville Veterans Memorial | near Felicity |
| Hancock County Veterans Memorial | near Findlay |
| Hancock County Veterans Memorial | near Findlay |
| Korea Memorial | near Findlay |
| Korean War Memorial | near Findlay |
| Korean War Memorial Bench | near Findlay |
| Medal of Honor Recipients | near Findlay |
| Vietnam Memorial | near Findlay |
| Vietnam War Memorial | near Findlay |
| Vietnam War Memorial Bench | near Findlay |
| World War I & World War II Memorial | near Findlay |
| World War I Memorial | near Findlay |
| World War II Memorial | near Findlay |
| Veterans Memorial | near Franklin |
| Veterans Memorial | near Germantown |
| North Hampton Veterans Memorial | near Greene County |
| Veteran’s Memorial | near Greene County |
| Northridge Veterans Memorial | near Huber Heights |
| Fairfield County Veterans Memorial “For God and country we dedicate this memorial in loving memory of our veterans. Friends, and relatives who have served their country so...” | near Lancaster |
| Blanchester Veterans Memorial | near Loveland |
| Loveland Veteran's Memorial | near Loveland |
| Morrow Veterans Memorial | near Loveland |
| Veteran’s Memorial Plaza | near Loveland |
| Adams County War Memorial | near Manchester |
| Liberty Monument | near Manchester |
| Mohican Memorial Forest Shrine | near Mansfield |
| Chesterville Veterans Memorial | near Marengo |
| Gold Star Families Memorial Monument | near Marietta |
| Memorial to the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Marietta “Erected by the Marietta Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, as a memorial to the revolutionary soldiers buried in Marietta...” | near Marietta |
| Relic Spanish American War 1898 “Relic Spanish American War 1898” | near Marietta |
| U.S. W.V. Memorial “Spanish War Veterans Capt. F.F. Grenshaw Camp No. 102 Marietta, Ohio” | near Marietta |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Marietta |
| Veteran's Wall Memorial | near Marietta |
| Veterans Walk of Honor “Veterans Walk of Honor July 4, 2008 America's Veterans have our undying gratitude in time of war and in time of peace. This monument is...” | near Marietta |
| Armed Forces Memorial | near Milford |
| Morrow County Civil War Memorial | near Mount Gilead |
| Morrow County Veterans Memorial Plaza | near Mount Gilead |
| Morrow County War Memorial | near Mount Gilead |
| Mount Gilead Veterans Memorial | near Mount Gilead |
| Revolutionary Soldiers Memorial | near Mount Gilead |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Newton Falls |
| Vietnam War Memorial | near Osgood |
| Gibsonburg Veterans Memorial | near Pemberville |
| Legion War Memorial | near Pemberville |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Pemberville |
| Veterans Memorial | near Pickerington |
| Kelley's Island War Memorial “Dedicated to the memory of the young men and women of this community who by their patriotism and loyalty served God and country in the...” | near Port Clinton |
| Ottawa County Veterans Memorial | near Port Clinton |
| Civil War Memorial | near Portsmouth |
| Veterans Memorial Plaza | near Richwood |
| Soldiers and Sailors Monument | near Sheffield Lake |
| Alliance Civil War Memorial | near Stark County |
| North Canton Veterans Memorial | near Stark County |
| Veteran's Memorial | near Stark County |
| Veterans' Memorial | near Stark County |
| Beaver Township Veterans Memorial | near Struthers |
| Civil War Soldiers Monument | near Struthers |
| Concord Rock | near Struthers |
| East Side Memorial | near Struthers |
| Granada, Panama, Persian Gulf Memorial | near Struthers |
| Korean War Memorial | near Struthers |
| Lexington Rock | near Struthers |
| Mahoning County Vietnam War Memorial | near Struthers |
| Mahoning Veteran's Memorial | near Struthers |
| Polish World Wars Memorial | near Struthers |
| Road to Remembrance | near Struthers |
| Smokey Hollow War Memorial | near Struthers |
| South Side Veterans Memorial | near Struthers |
| Struthers High School Veteran's Memorial | near Struthers |
| The Peace Keepers Memorial | near Struthers |
| Veterans Memorial | near Struthers |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Monument VFW | near Struthers |
| Women Veterans Memorial | near Struthers |
| Veteran's Memorial Tower | near Sylvania |
| Civil War “Civil War April 12, 1861 to June 22, 1865, Abbott, James, Abbott, Lucing....” | near Toledo |
| Iraq “March 20, 2003 to December 15, 2011, Benford, Eckert, Gary” | near Toledo |
| Korea “Korea June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, Archambo, Walter G., Beale, Robert” | near Toledo |
| Lucas County Medal of Honor Recipients “July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918, Abele, William H., Allen, Irving H...” | near Toledo |
| Ottawa Hills Memorial Flag | near Toledo |
| Spanish American “Spanish American April 25, 1898 to August 12, 1898, Espen, Michael S.” | near Toledo |
| Veterans Memorial | near Toledo |
| Veterans Memorial Plaza | near Toledo |
| Vietnam “May 30, 1962 to April 30, 1975, Anteau, Karl Thomas, Ball, Robert” | near Toledo |
| WWI “Civil War Brown, Wilson, W. Co. F, 21st Ohio Infantry....” | near Toledo |
| WWII “September 1, 1939 to August 15, 1945, Abrams, Albert, Acker, George G..” | near Toledo |
| Civil War Monument | near Trumbull County |
| Civil War Monument | near Wauseon |
| Fulton County War Memorial | near Wauseon |
| Soldiers and Sailors of Fulton County Ohio | near Wauseon |
| Soldiers Memorial “This plaque is erected in honor of Wellston, Ohio men who paid the supreme sacrifice in Viet-nam. Edward Dye Larry Swaney Gerald...” | near Wellston |
| Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers “Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers Near here are buried two unknown soldiers of General Anthony Wayne's Army who died while camped at...” | near Williamsburg |
| Walbridge Veterans Memorial | near Wood County |
| World War Memorial “IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PERRYSBURG AND VICINITY WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR” | near Wood County |
| Military Order of the Purple Heart | near Wright-Patterson AFB |
| 302 TAW C-119 Accident Memorial “Died in C-119 accident in France [27] Oct 1972 302 TAW CCAFB Maj. Francis R. Durkin Lt. Col. Dale R. Anderson Maj. Marion A. Meckstroth...” | near Xenia |
| 302 TAW C-123 Accident Memorial “Died in C-123 accident at Ft. Sill, OK, [16] Oct. 1980 302 TAW RAFB Col, OH. Capt. George Freeland, Jr. Maj. Thomas Brady Lt. Col....” | near Xenia |
| 302nd TCW Aircraft Accident Memorial “In Memoriam Lt. Col. Richard M. Griswold Maj. Stanley H. Heismann Maj. James A. Hopkins Capt. Woodson B. Gudgell Capt. Ernest B....” | near Xenia |
| J. W. Denver Williams Junior “In memory of J W Denver Williams Jr Oct 14 1922 - May 17 1945 Corporal 29th Marines 6th Division Killed in action on Okinawa” | near Xenia |
| Military Air Disaster “On April 18, 1967, reservists from the 302nd Troop Carrier Wing at the Clinton County Air Force Base (CCAFB) and the 2nd Special Forces...” | near Xenia |
| Wilmington War Memorial “Dedicated to the memory of all veterans of all wars who were killed in action or in the line of duty” | near Xenia |
| WW2 Memorial “To commemorate the men of Clinton County who gave their lives in World War II 1941 - 1945 ARMY (This box is too limited to for me to...” | near Xenia |
| Veterans Memorial Bench “IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR NATION WITH BRAVERY & SELF-SACRIFICE ZANE STATE COLLEGE CHAPTER OF STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA "IT IS...” | near Zanesville |
| Andover War Memorial | — |
| Guernsey Country Civil War Memorial “Dedicated to the memory of the men from Guernsey County who served in the defense of their country in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865” | — |
| Mooretown Soldiers Monument | — |
| Operation Desert Storm Memorial | — |
| Sebring Veterans Memorial | — |
| Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial | — |
| South Charleston Veterans Memorial | — |
| Toronto World War I Monument | — |
| Veterans Memorial | — |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial VFW | — |
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Veteran resources in Ohio
VA care, cemeteries, USO centers, posts and meeting places.
Medal of HonorRecipients from Ohio
331 recipients.
Memorial and museum locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some entries may be incomplete; opening hours of museums should be checked before visiting.