Utah Freedom Memorial

Most war memorials count the fallen. This one, dedicated in Sandy in 2014, also counts the ones who wait. Its centerpiece is a five-sided granite obelisk, a face for each branch of the service — but the piece that stops people is the wall of reflection, where a bronze woman reaches toward the mirrored hand of her soldier, the two touching only in the stone. The plaques speak of freedom's cost through every kind of service: the killed, the wounded, the captured, the disabled, and the families who hold the home together while someone they love is away.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 11 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 12 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 12 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Snowbird — 13 mi
  The aerial-tram resort of Little Cottonwood Canyon, with steep terrain, deep snow, and one of the longest seasons in the country.

More markers nearby

• Utah Freedom Memorial Battlefield Cross — steps away
• Hope Rising - To Lift a Nation 9/11 Memorial — steps away
• South Jordan Settlement — 1.6 mi
• West Jordan — 3.0 mi