Utah World War I Pagoda Memorial

This open stone rotunda—eight columns ringing a central shaft, with no dome, so the sky pours straight down into it—is the oldest monument in Memory Grove, and the reason the park exists at all. The women of Utah's Service Star Legion, many of them Gold Star mothers, pushed the city to set this canyon mouth aside as a memorial after the Great War; the park was dedicated in 1924. The bronze plaques around the shaft carry the names of Utah's World War I dead.

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 — 0.5 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

• Pearl Harbor Memorial — steps away
• Korean War Wall of Honor — steps away
• Garden of Perception — steps away
• Medal of Honor Recipients Monument — steps away