March 25, 2022 Update: Tunnel tours for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument return April 30 – May 1, 2022. Tickets required and can be purchased on their website – www.soldiersandsailors.com. These tours are not affiliated with Tours of Cleveland, LLC. If you wish to contact the Monument directly, call them at 216-621-3710.
This past Saturday, April 21, 2018 was the annual tunnel tours underneath the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Public Square. The tours only happen once a year and are sponsored by the monument (not Tours of Cleveland). So as it stands now, if you missed it you’ll have to wait until 2019. I waited in line for two and half hours as over 1,000 people went underground to visit the tunnels.
First of all the tunnels are not haunted. Their main purpose to support the weight of the monument with it’s large sandstone blocks and huge bronze reliefs inside. They have served as a fall out shelter or tornado shelter as well as storage.
After going underground we emerged through a small staircase inside the monument. The inside is open most days and contains the names of the 9,000 Cuyahoga county residents who fought in the civil war, of which about 1,000 died. The monument is free and a must see in Public Square.
These tours are not affiliated with Tours of Cleveland, LLC.
Tours of Cleveland, LLC offers exciting and educational walking tours of beautiful and historic downtown Cleveland. To see our latest schedule and book your tour, visit https://toursofcleveland.com/book-tour/.
