San Salvador, El Salvador — Central America (West Coast)
Monument to Memory and Truth
Monumento a La Memoria y La Verdad
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
1. Monument to Memory and Truth Marker (December 2003 marker)
[December 2003 panel]
La Comisión de la Verdad, auspiciada por las Naciones Unidas, publicó un informe que contenía el doloroso testimonio de familiares de quienes habían sido asesinados y desaparecidos. Una de sus recomendaciones fue la de constituir un memorial dedicado a estas víctimas, como un reparación moral. Solo fue la sociedad civil la que logró hacerlo realidad.
Este es un memorial para el encuentro, para nunca olvidarles, para honrar su memoria, devolverles la dignidad, no permitir que el horror se repita y sentar las bases para una cultura de paz y de verdadera reconciliación.
Un espacio para la esperanza, para seguir soñando y construyendo
this page online
Diciembre, 2003
Comité Pro Monumento a las Víctimas Civiles de Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos
Organizaciones miembros del Comité [Varias organizaciones]
Organizaciones colaboradoras del Comité Pro Monumento [Varias organizaciones]
Organizaciones nacionales e internacionales que apoyaron la construcción [Varias organizaciones]
[March 2008 panel]
En diciembre del año 2003 se inauguró la primera etapa de grabación de 25,965 nombres de salvadoreños y salvadoreñas victimas civiles de violaciones a los derechos humanos. Facilitando a miles de madres y familiares un espacio donde recordar y rendir homenaje a sus seres queridos. Hoy inauguramos la segunda fase con la incorporación de 3,169 nuevos nombres de personas asesinadas y desaparecidas que ofrendaron su vida por construir una sociedad mas justa y equitativa. Honremos su memoria y trabajemos por construir un país con dignidad, justicia y verdad.
15 marzo de 2008
Comité Pro Monumento a las Víctimas Civiles de Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos [Varias otras organizaciones]
[April 2009 panel]
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
2. Monument to Memory and Truth Marker (March 2008 marker)
En los treinta mil nombres labrados en este monumento a la memoria y la verdad no están inscritos los nombres de miles de victimas civiles que jamas llegaron a conocerese. A ellos y ellas esta dedicado este espacio como homenaje de respeto y admiración. Su nombre es patria. [Agradecimientos a varias organizaciones]
English translation:
[December 2003 panel]
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
3. Monument to Memory and Truth Marker (April 2009 marker)
A space for hope, to continue dreaming and building a more just, humane and equitable society.
December, 2003
Committee Pro-Monument to the Civil Victims of Human Rights Violations
Committee member organizations [Several organizations]
Collaborating Organizations of the Committee for Memorial [Several organizations]
National and international organizations that supported the construction [Several organizations]
[March 2008 panel]
March 15, 2008
Committee Pro Monument to the Civil Victims of Violations of Human Rights [Several other organizations]
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
4. Monument to Memory and Truth Marker
An example of the names listed on the monument.
[April 30, 2009 panel]
In the name of the thirty thousand victims carved on this monument to the memory and truth are not inscribed the names of thousands of civilian victims who never came to be known by name. To them is dedicated this space as a tribute of respect and admiration. Their name is the country. [Thanks to several organizations]
Erected 2003 by Committee Pro-Monument to the Civil Victims of Human Rights Violations.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Notable Events. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1992.
Location. 13° 41.978′ N, 89° 12.476′ W. Memorial is in San Salvador. It can be reached from Alameda Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This marker is in the northwest corner of Cuscatlan Park in central San Salvador. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Alameda Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1815, San Salvador, El Salvador. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in North America, specifically in Central America, in Mesoamerica, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, and in the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
5. Monument to Memory and Truth Marker artwork
Directly to the left of the monument is a large mural entitled "Verdad y Justicia" ("Truth and Justice") by Julio Reyes Yazbek, inaugurated in November 2005.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Juan Ramon Molina (within shouting distance of this marker); Rosales National Hospital 100th Anniversary (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Footprint of Baden Powell (approx. half a kilometer away); The Heroes of the War of Legitimate Defense (approx. one kilometer away); Simón Bolívar (approx. one kilometer away); Basilica of the Sacred Heart of San Salvador (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); First Flights to El Salvador (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Oscar Romero (approx. 1.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Salvador.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
6. Wide view of Monument to Memory and Truth Marker
Looking west across the marker. The marker is listed under the Hague Convention of 1954 on Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (marker shown to the right).
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, January 23, 2015
7. Wide view of Monument to Memory and Truth Marker
Looking east across the entire monument.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,006 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 26, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
