Medal of Honor Recipients Monument

This granite marker honors the Utahns awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration—a list shorter than you'd expect, because the medal is given sparingly and often posthumously. When it was dedicated in the 1980s, the two recipients still living in the state came to stand beside it. A tree was planted with it, too—part of the grove's habit of setting something living beside something carved. The marker keeps the names where a walker in the park will come upon them, which is the whole idea.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.5 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.6 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 0.9 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.3 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Korean War Wall of Honor — steps away
• Pearl Harbor Memorial — steps away
• Utah World War I Pagoda Memorial — steps away
• Liberty Bell Tower (3) Markers — steps away