San Francisco Veterans Memorial
United States
For Veterans
Established2014 (2014)
Location37°46′45″N 122°25′15″W / 37.779077°N 122.420851°W / 37.779077; -122.420851
Civic Center

near 
San Francisco
"The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak"

The San Francisco Veterans Memorial is a memorial commemorating veterans in San Francisco's Civic Center, in the U.S. state of California.[1] The stone octagon memorial, located across from San Francisco City Hall between Herbst Theatre and War Memorial Opera House, was dedicated in 2014. Inscribed in the stone is Archibald MacLeish's poem, "The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak".[2]

References

  1. Forgione, Mary (7 October 2014). "San Francisco Veterans Memorial, built 8 decades late, to be dedicated". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "12 San Francisco military monuments and memorials". 11 November 2016.
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