Vendome Firefighters Memorial

This memorial was erected in memory of the nine firefighters who lost their lives attempting to stop the fire in the Vendome Hotel. On Father's Day, June 17, 1972, a tremendous fire erupted just a few steps away from where the memorial is today; although the firefighters stopped the flames, the Vendome collapsed with Firefighters inside due to a combination of fire damage and faulty construction. The black stone memorial points to the location of the fire and has a timeline of the event inscribed upon it. The stone bench nearby allows people to sit down and observe both the timeline and the site of the fire.