In honor of Memorial Day 2011: San Francisco's Union Square

In honor or Memorial Day--and the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, I'm writing about some of the military monuments I've seen during my travels.

San Francisco's Union Square is now best known for its location at the center of the city's high-end shopping district. It got its name for the many pro-Union rallies held there during the Civil War. But what's pictured is the Dewey Monument, named for Admiral George Dewey's victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. I took the photograph from the Macy's store across from the square.

As you'll learn in the first related post, San Francisco has since soured on the military.

Related posts:

California Collision: San Francisco and the military
California Collision: Angel Island
Spanish-American war veteran, born on this date in 1868
Memorial Day 2010, Worth, Illinois
Memorial Day 2010, Skokie, Illinois
Armed Forces Day: Thank you men and women in uniform
150 years ago: Civil War begins

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