Memorials in Ohio

The only 'battle' in the Toledo War between Michigan and Ohio set the stage for a persistent state rivalry.

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.