Historical Marker
American Veterans Memorial
Historical marker location:
Shenandoah, Iowa
( Memorial is at the intersection of Blossom Street and Sheridan Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Blossom Street.)
Marker installed: 2001
The first electronic digital computer was built at Iowa State University in the 1930s. The machine, called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, was invented by John Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry.