It is one of America's great venues-The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It has hosted a World Series, two Super Bowls and became the first Stadium to host two Olympic games. It has hosted a number of other events in its long history. The Coliseum is still in use today as the USC football team plays its home games there and the recently returned Los Angeles Rams will be playing their games inside its walls until their new stadium is built:
The coolest thing was the plaques inside the Memorial Court of Honor which inside the Coliseum Peristyle. You really get a sense of the history of the place. The people who have played, spoke or held events there:
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| The First African-American to play in the NFL in the modern era |
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a part of our history and I am glad that I got to see it:
You go to such great places!
ReplyDeleteCool shots! That looks like an amazing place to visit.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun. Very timely :)
ReplyDeleteCertainly a lot of cool memorial signs to tell you about famous people. I love how they are reliefs.
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ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting memorial. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAmazing place! And very very time to visit too!
ReplyDeleteI love how they memorialized the visits that important speakers and historical figures had there at the coliseum, Patrick. The history of a venue is as important to me as the beauty, architecture and event that they currently are hosting. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow neat!
ReplyDeleteThis is totally awesome and I love the plaques you have chosen to share. Thank you so very much!
ReplyDeleteHow great to go there before this year's olympics kick off!
ReplyDeleteLots of history there. Lots.
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Wow that is so cool!! Everyone from athletes to Billy Graham to Presidents! It's so nice - and SO important - to see landmarks such as this that tell our history, being preserved.
ReplyDeletePatrick, perfectly timed for the 2016 summer games. Great stroll back in time with these fabulous shots. :)
ReplyDeleteFunny with all the times I have been to L.A. I have never seen the stadium.
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So timely with the start of the Olympics! Thanks for showing us around.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to show this to my boys. We are currently doing a unit study on the Olympics. :)
ReplyDeleteIn all my years living down here I have been to Exposition Park once when I was working Day Care, but we didn't make it over to the Coliseum. May the Rams fail (kidding! sort of)
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy checking out your photos. Thanks for sharing with us on #FridayFrivolity!