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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