Veterans Memorial Building renovation complete If the Cedar River ever rises again the way it did in 2008, or even on a more minor scale as it did in 2013, the Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Commission is ready. In the basement of the commission-run Veterans Memorial Building on May’s Island, a massive flood door, which looks something like the entrance to a bank vault, is ready to swing closed to stop the river from surging into the rest of ...
April 13, 2014 - The Gazette