Cedar Falls in Black Hawk County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Soldiers Monument

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025

1. Soldiers Monument Marker

Inscription.
In Memory of our Soldiers Dead

Erected 1914 by Greenwood Cemetery Association.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 42° 32.446′ N, 92° 27.358′ W. Monument is in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in Black Hawk County. It is on North College Street north of Ida Street, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is located at Greenwood Cemetery near the southeast entrance. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 498 N College St, Cedar Falls IA 50613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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: Ice House Museum (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Cedar Falls (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sturgis Park

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Lawn City (approx. half a mile away); Millrace (approx. half a mile away); Jacob Hoffman Cabin (approx. half a mile away); Overman Park (approx. half a mile away); Clay Street Park (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cedar Falls.

Regarding Soldiers Monument. This memorial, while erected before the World Wars and after the U.S. Civil War and Spanish-American War (a Civil War soldier is also depicted), was originally meant to pay tribute to the veterans from all United States wars, past and present.

Also see . . . Greenwood Cemetery (City of Cedar Falls website). This tells more history about the monument, which was meant to pay tribute to all veterans of all wars. (Submitted on July 1, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Soldiers Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025

2. Soldiers Monument

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025

3. Soldiers Monument

Located at the southeast entrance of Greenwood Cemetery.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 143 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 1, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.