Worcester’s Korean War Memorial is technically a city park! It’s a park that’s so easy to forget about, although often taken in when passing through the busy intersection of Foster and Front Streets.

The park is set far enough back from the street to feel relaxing and leisurely, despite the fact it’s located in one of Worcester’s busiest intersections.

This is one of the newest additions to the Worcester park system. The memorial itself was installed in two phases. The first phase involved the installation of a black polished granite wall inscribed with the names of the 191 soldiers from Worcester County that made the ultimate sacrifice during the Korean War. This section of the memorial was dedicated on November 9th, 2003, thousands of people attending the dedication ceremony. The second phase involved the installation of bronze statues of a Korean Era American GI and a Korean Child, representing the 100,000 orphans saved by soldiers during and after the war. They also installed educational signage, additional flags, and a walkway of honor in the pentagonal shape around the flag poles, featuring memorial bricks inscribed with the names of Massachusetts fallen war heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Gulf.