If the Armed Forces Day activities in Torrance on Saturday have you in a military frame of mind, you can visit one of 19 military memorials in the South Bay to pay your respects to those who have served the country. Check our map of the memorials for details and directions.
Or read on for a text list.
CARSON
Veterans Wall at Veterans Park
22400 Moneta Ave.
CULVER CITY
Veterans Memorial Complex
4117 Overland Ave.
Markers at entrance honor veterans.
EL SEGUNDO
Freedom Park
Mariposa Avenue and Illinois Street
Memorial to two Boeing employees killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
GARDENA
Roosevelt Memorial Park & Mortuary
18255 S. Vermont Ave.
War Memorial
Gardena City Hall, 1700 W. 162nd St.
HERMOSA BEACH
Hermosa Beach Veterans Memorial
on the grounds of the Hermosa Beach Community Center, 710 Pier Ave.
INGLEWOOD
Inglewood Park Cemetery
720 E. Florence Ave.
Contains a memorial to British World War II veterans, plaques honoring veterans, a monument to lost veterans not buried in the cemetery, medallions honoring each branch of the military and four chapels with patriotic themes.
Memorial obelisk monument
outside Inglewood City Hall, 1 Manchester Blvd.
LAWNDALE
Lawndale Memorial
east side of Lawndale City Hall, 14717 Burin Ave.
LOMITA
Veterans Memorial
outside the Lomita branch of the U.S. Post Office, 25131 Narbonne Ave.
MANHATTAN BEACH
Memorial Parkway
15th Street and Valley Drive
PALOS VERDES ESTATES
Palos Verdes Memorial Garden
intersection of Via Corta, Palos Verdes Drive West and Via del Puente
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
Green Hills Memorial Park
27501 S. Western Ave.
The cemetery's event site, the location for the annual Memorial Day Observance, includes a veterans memorial, a flagpole honoring each branch of the service and plaques honoring veterans.
REDONDO BEACH
Pacific Crest Cemetery
2701 182nd St.
A flagpole on Inglewood Avenue honors each branch of the service.
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Park, 309 The Esplanade
SAN PEDRO
American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
South Harbor Boulevard and West Sixth Street
TORRANCE
City of Torrance Veterans Memorial
Maple Avenue and Torrance Boulevard
Ted Tanouye Memorial
outside of Torrance High School, 2200 Carson St.
The memorial honors Tanouye, a Medal of Honor recipient and a 1938 graduate of the high school.
WESTCHESTER
Veterans Memorial
in front of the Municipal Building, 7166 W. Manchester Ave.
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