Monuments that honor those who serve, and give a whole community a place to come back to and remember.
A civic memorial is different from a family monument. It belongs to a whole department, school, or town, and it's built to stand at the center of public life. The names on it are searched for and remembered for decades.
For nearly sixty years, our family has worked with police and fire agencies, veterans' groups, schools, and faith communities across Southern California. We design and build monuments that become gathering places, somewhere people come back to and remember those who served.
VJ Memorials was awarded the contract to design, create, and install this six foot granite German shepherd that keeps watch outside the Anaheim PD East Station. Its Black Granite pedestal honors the service dogs who retired from the department, with room for 150 years of future names so the unit's memory can keep growing.
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In Chino Hills, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir marked its Independence Plaza dedication with a monument we built for the temple's America 250 Celebration. The Red Multicolor granite is engraved with the American flag and stands at the center of three flag poles flying the American, California state, and POW-MIA flags.
Read the Full StoryIf you're honoring a department, a school, a fallen member, or a community milestone, we'll help you design and build a monument, and a place where people can gather. Stop by our Chino factory or reach out and we'll talk through what's possible.
