Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial — Attraction in Los Angeles

451 N Hill St. 4th of July flag-raisings here are the best. 1847 is re-created with period costumed men (& women) and black powder muskets, and sometimes a cannon that sounds a few loud booms. 10 a.m. on the 4th of July, unless it falls on a Sunday. They re-enact the original ceremony of 1847 that named the fort that stood here for years. Facebook has an event page hosted by the Fort Moore Memorial Committee. BTW, the marker is placed incorrectly. The structures are on the northwest of Hill Street, between Hill Street and Fort Moore Place. The marker location I saw on April 15 points to the steep hillside down toward a parking lot, across Hill St. from the monument and flagpole. Street...

Dirty and unkempt. Usually home to a vagrant or two when tourists come around, in which they promptly leave because they smell the drugs and garbage around. In what world is the LARGEST bas-relief memorial in the country allowed to fall into disrepair like this? Did they envision this future when the construction finished in 1956? Does Eunisses Hernandez not care about Angeleno culture and heritage? What a pleasant memorial to our...

Well this is a really cool memorial right below the high school but it could be.kept up a bit better. You would not want to go here afterdark because well it woul1d be dark and there are people who sleep here and on the nearby hills.

It is definitely worth visiting if you are in/near downtown/chinatown area.

Also they are putting up two huge apartment buildings in the area so amyne they will clean the...