The San Francisco Veterans Memorial will honor a 75-year promise to our nation’s military veterans by commemorating their service and sacrifice. Not just today’s veterans—but those who stood in the past and those who have yet to stand.

Our recent national competition yielded three finalists whose design proposals were unveiled for the public on June 8, 2011. In August 2011, we will announce the final selection of a monument that will ensure the legacy of this sacred ground for the education, honor and healing of future generations.

The estimated $2.5 million project will incorporate environmentally responsible design and include an endowment to support ongoing maintenance. $1.8 million has already been secured through a generous $1.5 million grant from the Stephen Bechtel Fund and additional private contributions raised by the San Francisco Veterans Memorial Steering Committee, co-chaired by former Secretary of State George P. Shultz and former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry.