Sacramento “Our veterans…must not be forgotten. Their service, their sacrifice, their courage must be etched in America’s memory…and remembered…as the price they paid to pass on to us…the legacy of freedom and glory that is America.” — Governor Pete Wilson, 1998 These words from Governor Pete Wilson’s address at the dedication of the California Veterans Memorial in December 1998 express the intent of the monument. It is a moving remembrance of the more than five million Californians who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since statehood in 1850. The memorial is surrounded by a grove of mature ...
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