Its 400 feet of brick, mosaic tile and glazed terra cotta could be nothing but an odd retaining wall keeping what’s left of Ft. Moore Hill from falling. “It’s where Los Angeles really began, and it’s huge, and so many people don’t know it exists.”It’s the most historically and geographically important monument that nobody knows about. Members of the Mormon Battalion rehearse a ceremony scheduled for July 4, 1956, to mark the raising the July 4, 1847, of the first American Flag on Ft. Moore Hill. (Edward Gamer / Los Angeles Times)The development of a massive monument was a confluence of two unrelated threads. Ft. Moore Hill, which once extended from its current stub east to Spring Street, was clipped several times, the last in 1949 to make room for the new Hollywood Freeway.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2017 12:02 UTC