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Great Alternative for Medal of Honor Project

Western Gateway at 15 acre Los Angeles National Veterans' Park, part of 115 acre Veterans' National Cemetery, on mile long Veterans' Parkway across from the U.S.Army Reserve Center on Wilshire Boulevard

Diverse allies support Medal of Honor recipients and veterans of the armed forces, who deserve to be honored in the right place in the right way. Appropriate places include the unused concrete expanse at the Western Gateway of the 16 acre Los Angeles National Veterans’ Park and the 115 acre Veterans’ National Cemetery on the mile long Veterans’ Parkway across from the U.S. Army Reserve Center on Wilshire Boulevard at Federal Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard. Other alternative sites include Fort Moore, Pershing Square, and the 97 acre Veterans’ Memorial Community Regional Park. “Many organizations have offered their land to the Obregon Foundation” for the Project. Report No. 20-0002-B from Sam Luna, General Manager, to El Pueblo Board of Commissioners, Feb. 24, 2000.

The historic site and precious green space at El Pueblo's Father Serra Park is not the right place for the project, which has no material historical ties to the site.

Diverse allies are fighting to save Father Serra Park from the project. Learn more about the struggle to protect the historical integrity and green space of Father Serra Park here.

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El Pueblo Father Serra Park Wrong Project Site

The City of Los Angeles is in the process of building a concrete wall as part of a bigger project at Father Serra Park in El Pueblo without complying with applicable laws. The City has removed trees at the site. The City excavated a trench that may have uncovered and destroyed cultural artifacts in the area down by Union Station. This area has been documented to be rich in an unprecedented number of cultural resources, features and objects of Old Chinatown. The City has had no archeologist on hand to protect artifacts during construction. The City has erected a curved concrete wall about five feet high by 20 feet long, paved the base of the wall, and replanted the excavated area. The City apparently plans to continue to work on the project until at least December 5, 2009, when a press conference has been called. The wall would list the names of 3,499 Medal of Honor recipients who have no material ties to El Pueblo and the birthplace of Los Angeles as part of concrete, stone, brick and metal project including a two story high pyramid. The City and the project proponent do not have the funds to complete the $1.4 million project or to maintain the project if it is completed.

Diverse allies are fighting to save Father Serra Park from the project. Learn more about the struggle to protect the historical integrity and green space of Father Serra Park here.

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Learn more about the struggle to protect the historical integrity and green space of El Pueblo's Father Serra Park here.

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Uploaded on Nov 17, 2009  |  Map

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Learn more about the struggle to protect the historical integrity and green space of El Pueblo's Father Serra Park here.

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Uploaded on Nov 17, 2009  |  Map

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