The County provided free burials for about 3,000 veterans over a 28-year period. There are no raised monuments. Built of limestone and rubble excavated from a quarry within the Cemetery, this pleasant compromise between Classical and Modernistic is typical of its time.
Bronze cannons from the Civil War period stand before it; the Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association restored them.
In 1937, the cemetery built the Soldier's Memorial overlooking the central area of military graves. It combines classical and Modernist architectural styles. Many of the graves memorialize soldiers from all wars.
