Blue Star Memorial Highway - Sugarhouse Park

The blue star on this marker comes from the small flags families hung in their windows during the World Wars—one blue star for each member away in uniform, a gold one if they didn't come home. After World War II, the country's garden clubs began planting trees and setting markers like this along highways and in parks as living memorials to everyone who serves in the armed forces. This one stands in Sugarhouse Park, placed in 1982—a quiet nod to service in a place people come to picnic and play.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 1.7 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 2.1 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 2.5 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 2.9 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Utah Penitentiary — 0.3 mi
• Bill & Vieve Gore — 0.6 mi
• William Nightingale Memorial Library — 0.7 mi
• Ferry Plaza — 0.7 mi