Korean War Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ABOUT THE MEMORIAL

American servicemen and women braved violent combat in Korea. The Nation suffered great losses in the War and spiritual anguish in the aftermath. Friends parted, lives were uprooted, futures were transformed; many died or were injured. We now join together to understand, to honor, to heal and to look ahead.

In Korea, each serving brought their own experience; their uniqueness, their dreams into peril. Families confronted loss of loved ones and of future. With each soldier the nation risked a part of itself. Many thousands, each with their own signature on life, united for freedom.

This Memorial intends to symbolize and express the life spirit of those who served, directly and indirectly, in the Korean War. It is a reflection, in part, of just one who served. It is meant to signal remembrance of the breadth and pulse of their identity. And, it is a marker for the array of human qualities nurtured by the freedom we protect.

This memorial is positioned and shaped to capture sunlight. As the sun travels the horizon, columns of light articulate, sequentially, aspects of the human spirit, experience and feeling. Through solid and void, light and shadow, the sun traces a spectrum of individual and shared experience.

It is hoped this Memorial will become a welcome place; that it can evoke memory, emotion and vision through the eyes of each visitor. It is meant to be very personal.

R. Allan Christianson
Memorial Architect

	Korean Flag at the memorial

IN MEMORY OF ALL KOREAN WAR VETERANS

	Allegheny River and the City of Pittsburgh in the background

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO HONOR THE SPIRIT AND SACRIFICE OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DURING THE WAR IN KOREA, 1950-1953 FREEDOM IS NOT FREE

	"LEST WE FORGET" THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF PRISONERS OF WAR AND THOSE 8,177 STILL MISSING IN ACTION

	IN HONOR OF ALL WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR TO PRESERVE AMERICA'S FREEDOM

Korean War Chronology with PNC Park in the background

	Map of Korea showing locations and the 38th Parallel

General Matthew B. Ridgway "I cannot conceive that God has given any man a richer, fuller more satisfying life than mine, for it was spent in service with, and for, that finest product of our civilization - the American soldier."

	Engraved names on the memorial wall

Side view of the memorial looking up the Allegheny River

	On the floor of the memorial columns of sunlight articulate aspects of individual and shared experience
2,401 Pennsylvanians sacrificed their lives in the Korean War. California was the only state with more losses.

Locating the Memorial

The Korean War Memorial is located on North Shore Drive
in the city of Pittsburgh, PA, between Heinz Field and PNC Park,
on the north shore of the Allegheny River.

Click here for written directions from MapQuest
Use 100 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
for your destination address

LINKS

Pittsburgh, PA information

Mister Rogers Statue/Memorial

Vietnam War Memorials in Pittsburgh, PA

Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library

Korean War Project

Soon to have a new neighbor on the North Shore:

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