Graceland Cemetery

Historical marker location:

1844 South Cherry Street Road, Creston, Iowa

( Marker is on Cherry Street Road, 1.2 miles south of Taylor Street (U.S. 34), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1967

In 1979, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay rights in the case of Varnum v. Brien. The ruling declared that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, making Iowa the third state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.