Heroes Grove

Details: Last Updated: 19 October 2017

Address : Golden Gate Park

Town/Suburb/City : San Francisco

State/County/Province : CA

Country : USA

Postal code/ZIP : 94118

Dedication Date : November 13 1932

Tranquil grove of coastal redwoods, surrounding a granite rock inscribed with the names of local casualties of World War I. Three-sided boulder known as the Gold Star Mothers Rock is inscribed with the names of 748 local men and 13 women who died in the war. Originally planned for a spot near the War Memorial Opera House, the stone was added to the grove in 1932.

Also Includes a small meadow with the Doughboy memorial and flagpoles at its western edge. The date of its creation is unknown, but it is visible on the 1935 aerial photograph.