FDR's Salute

Historical marker location:

San Francisco, California

( Marker can be reached from El Camino Del Mar north of Sea Rock Drive.)

to the Officers and Men ... USS "San Francisco"'. USS <i>San Francisco</i> Memorial.

The Hollywood sign, which originally read "Hollywoodland," was built in 1923 as an advertisement for a real estate development. The sign was intended to be temporary, but it became a beloved symbol of the film industry and was eventually made permanent.