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Lafayette hillside memorial

The Lafayette hillside memorial is a collection of religious symbols, accompanied by a large sign, in . The memorial commemorates soldiers killed in the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, with the sign containing a running total of the death count as recorded by the US Department of Defense.
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Photo: Falcorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Veterans‘ memorial in California
  • Also known as: “Lafayette Hillside Memorial - The Crosses of Lafayette”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lafayette station and Lafayette Library and Learning Center.

Metro station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in . The station consists of one island platform in the center median of State Route 24 just south of the Lafayette Hillside Memorial. It is served by the Yellow Line. is situated 750 feet southwest of Lafayette hillside memorial.

Library
The is a library and learning center in that opened in 2009. The is also home to the Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium, a partnership with the region’s leading arts, culture, and educational institutions. is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Lafayette hillside memorial.

Reservoir
Photo: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lafayette and Rheem.

Photo: Chevy111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of 25,000 in the East Bay region of the Bay Area in . It is primarily a residential town located in the hills between and , although it does offer shopping and dining, and the Reservoir is popular with hikers.

Neighborhood
, also known as Valley and Center, is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located 7.5 miles north-northwest of , at an elevation of 587 feet. is situated 2½ miles south of Lafayette hillside memorial.

Village
is a residential census-designated place within central , . Lying at an elevation of 180 feet, it is bounded on the south and east by portions of and on the north and west by . is situated 2½ miles east of Lafayette hillside memorial.

Lafayette hillside memorial

Latitude
37.89499° or 37° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
-122.12343° or 122° 7′ 24″ west
Open location code
849VVVVG+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 459217544
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q6471618
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lafayette hillside memorial”. Photo: Falcorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.