Just hours after a 24-hour vigil in honor of fallen heroes at Cinco Puntos, demonstrators gathered to protest the potential removal of the beloved Mexican American War Memorial, which has stood in the area for 75 years.
In honor of Memorial Day, veterans and military members stood guard over the Mexican American War Memorial in the Cinco Puntos area of East Los Angeles for 24-hours beginning Saturday morning.
In a press release, organizers stated that the proposal to turn the area into a roundabout is a"travesty and an obvious effort to hijack and convert the area to something it was never intended to be. Instead, Morin Memorial Square was consecrated to veterans in 1947 as a tribute to our Mexican-American heroes and should not be tampered with."
The memorial, which stands at 3300 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, was surrounded by protestors who gathered to denounce the proposal.