Lucretia W. Edwards Park

Lucretia W. Edwards Park

Annamarie Morel

Quick Facts

Location:

Richmond, California

MANAGED BY:

City of Richmond California

Amenities

1 listed

Restroom

A local Champion

Richmond, California
This two-acre park honors Lucretia Edwards, a champion of open space and open shorelines. It also memorializes the wartime contributions made by the Bay Area Shipyards during World War II.

Cast boot prints point visitors toward the locations of additional WWII shipyards that ringed the Bay. Surrounding a granite map of the Bay Area at the center of the plaza are three shadow figures, two adults and one child, by artist Wang Po Shu. The two adult figures represent liberty and victory and are inscribed with historical definitions of these concepts. The infant figure, left blank, is a representation of the possibilities of the future.

Note: Visitors can reach this park by walking a short distance from the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center. 

• Audio Stop: Lucretia W. Edwards Park

  
  

  This brief audio program takes a look at the current Lucretia W. Edwards park. The park is located within walking distance from the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center.

  Credit / Author:

  NPS/Luther Bailey

  Audio Transcript

  This two-acre park honors Lucretia Edwards, a champion of open space and open shorelines. It also memorializes the wartime contributions made by the Bay Area Shipyards during World War II.

  Cast boot prints point visitors toward the locations of additional WWII shipyards that ringed the Bay. Surrounding a granite map of the Bay Area at the center of the plaza are three shadow figures, two adults and one child, by artist Wang Po Shu. The two adult figures represent liberty and victory and are inscribed with historical definitions of these concepts. The infant figure, left blank, is a representation of the possibilities of the future.