Council Bluffs in Pottawattamie County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Fountain of Honor

December 26, 2024

1. Fountain of Honor Inscription

Inscription.
Fountain of Honor erected by the people of Council Bluffs, Iowa, in honor of those who served in the World War 1917 — 1918

For universal peace they died and here by love are glorified

Otto Achatz · Reuben Albertson · Sylvester Allen · Bryant D Badger · Clyde C Barber · Charles E Benton · Wm Brennan · Luther Chorn · Howard F Collamore · Richard Cook · Dick Copeland · Cyril Culton · Clyde W Cushman · Ralph Davis · Frank Delong · Morris Dunn · David E Faulk · Harley Fellows · Chas M Ford · Roy L Frederick · Ernest Geise · Lawrence Gilbert · Robert A Gress · Acie Grisham · Alva G L Grover · Wm D Hamilton · Wm G Harrings · Edgar B Harrison · Oliver W Holmes · Albert B Houghton · John E Ingoldsby · Jas F D Jackson · David S Kerr · Clyde B Kilgore · Thos E Langan · George E Lewis

Edwin Lindsay · Harry A Lloyd · Lawrence McCaffery · Harold McGee · Sidney McIntosh · Thos J McKinley · Dewey McSorley · Warren O Marcy · Lesly Morrow · Glen C Martin · Walter Morrissette · Nels Mortensen · Wm Muehlenweg · Herman Nelson · August

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Nelson · Nicholas O'Brien · George Ouren · Paul Paulsen · W L Pierce · John W Price · Loring H Roberts · Fred Rooney · Wm G Schupp · Frank Seybert · Geo Silbereisen · Ansel Smith · Wm A Staley · Walter M Stillman · Dimitros Stratikopulos · Ivan D Sweeney · H B Tucker · Howard Turnbull · John Voss · Al Wallraf · Hortense Wind

Erected by the people of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 41° 15.698′ N, 95° 52.974′ W. Memorial is in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County. It is on West Broadway (U.S. 6) west of 25th Street, on the right when traveling east. Located at Thomas Jefferson High School. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2501 W Broadway, Council Bluffs IA 51501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Iowa, in Loess Hills,

and in Greater Omaha.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

Fountain of Honor Marker image. Click for full size.

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2. Fountain of Honor Marker

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gateway to West (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Golden Spike Monument (approx. ¾ mile away); Amelia Bloomer (approx. 1½ miles away); Abraham Lincoln's 1859 Visit (approx. 1.6 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Squirrel Cage Jail (approx. 1.6 miles away); Mormon Trail (approx. 1.6 miles away); Spanish War Veterans (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Council Bluffs.

Fountain of Honor Memorial image. Click for full size.

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3. Fountain of Honor Memorial

Fountain of Honor at Thomas Jefferson High School image. Click for full size.

December 26, 2024

4. Fountain of Honor at Thomas Jefferson High School

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