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General Pershing Memorial

 
 
General Pershing Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 14, 2023
1. General Pershing Memorial Marker
Inscription. In tribute to General Pershing and the victorious armies of the United States and her co-belligerents during the World War 1914-1918

Presented by Dr. Morris Herzstein 1922
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 37° 46.301′ N, 122° 27.962′ W. Memorial is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Golden Gate Park. It is at the intersection of Music Concorse and Bowl Drive, on the left when traveling south on Music Concorse. The granite marker is next to the path. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: San Francisco CA 94118, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on California’s Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The California Academy of Sciences (about 300 feet away); Pair of Sphinxes (about 400 feet away); The Vintage Vase (Le Poθme de la Vigne) (about 400 feet away); The Music Concourse (about 700 feet away); The California Midwinter International Exposition (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named California Midwinter International Exposition (about 800 feet away); Japanese Tea Garden (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.
 
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1. General John J. Pershing Statue. Outside Lands website entry (Submitted on July 8, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. John J. Pershing. Biography website entry (Submitted on July 8, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
General Pershing Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 14, 2023
2. General Pershing Memorial
General Pershing Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 14, 2023
3. General Pershing Memorial
General John J. Pershing image. Click for full size.
Public Domain c.1908
4. General John J. Pershing
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 15, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
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