Veterans Memorial at Plaza Park

The coalition president said the group has pushed for a memorial for over six years and prefers design option two, the pergola, urging the process move forward smoothly with names going back to at least World War I.

A longtime veterans volunteer said the coalition chose option two with minor changes, described the October community meeting, and confirmed more than 300 names of San Gabriel-born or resident veterans will appear on the wall from all wars and branches.

The daughter of a Korean War Marine urged the commission and reviewing bodies to honor the aging veterans' wish to see the memorial completed, describing option two as peaceful and a fitting place of rest and remembrance.