World War II Memorial Rose Garden

Nephi chose roses. Rather than a bronze soldier or a granite slab, this Juab County seat planted a memorial rose garden for its World War II veterans — a living tribute that has to be tended, pruned, and brought back into bloom every year by people who choose to keep it. There's a gentleness to that form of remembrance, especially for a war as vast and terrible as the second one. The garden asks something ongoing of the town: not just to have remembered once, but to keep the memory growing.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Nephi — steps away
  A quiet ranching town at the foot of Mount Nebo
• Devil's Kitchen — 8.3 mi
  A pocket of red-rock hoodoos high in the green Wasatch — a "little Bryce Canyon"
• Mount Nebo — 8.7 mi
  At 11,928 feet, the highest and southernmost peak in the Wasatch Range
• Nebo Loop Summit — 12 mi
  The byway's 9,300-foot high point, with Utah Valley spread out below

More markers nearby

• Juab County Veterans Memorial — steps away
• Juab Co. Jail — steps away
• First School — 0.4 mi
• Salt Creek Fort Wall — 0.5 mi