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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 18, 2014
1. Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated July 4, 1994

Veterans of Foreign Wars - Military Order of World Wars
Rancho Bernardo Post 7766 - Gen. J.P. Holland Chapter
Major Abraham J. Baum DSC Commander
Major Russell Whipple Commander

Design and Sculpture Arther Danner, Jr.

 
Erected 1994 by Veterans Memorial Committee.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 33° 1.095′ N, 117° 4.669′ W. Memorial is in San Diego, California, in San Diego County. It is in Rancho Bernardo. It can be reached from Avena Place near Bernardo Center Drive. The Veterans Memorial is in Webb Park immediately behind the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, 11611 Bernardo Plaza Ct, San Diego, CA 92128. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11611 Bernardo Plaza Court, San Diego CA 92128, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in California’s Peninsular 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mule Hill (approx. 2.6 miles away); Flint Farm (approx. 3.8 miles away); DJ Ranch (approx. 4 miles away); Baldwin Locomotive No. 3 (approx. 4.1 miles away); Porter House (approx. 4.1 miles away); Templars Hall
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(approx. 4.1 miles away); Nelson House (approx. 4.1 miles away); City of Poway Veterans Park (approx. 4.1 miles away).
 
More about this memorial. Webb Park is a small, beautifully landscaped park with a pond, ducks, and walking path. The Veterans Memorial is the centerpiece of the park. Numerous plaques honoring veterans are placed on stones and benches which surround a flag pole and large memorial stone. The large stone has a plaque and disk honoring the military service branches.
 
Veterans Memorial Site image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 18, 2014
2. Veterans Memorial Site
Veterans Memorial Site in Webb Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 24, 2014
3. Veterans Memorial Site in Webb Park
Image of flag on disk honoring the military service branches image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 18, 2014
4. Image of flag on disk honoring the military service branches
May it always wave in honor of all who have served.
Individual plaques surrounding the flag image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 18, 2014
5. Individual plaques surrounding the flag
Individual plaques surrounding the flag image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 18, 2014
6. Individual plaques surrounding the flag
Webb Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Marsha A. Matson, May 18, 2014
7. Webb Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida. This page has been viewed 605 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida.   3. submitted on May 25, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida.   4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on May 19, 2014, by Marsha A. Matson of Palmetto Bay, Florida. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 19, 2026