page_title: Santa Monica State Beach
section_title: Arlington West
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Monica State Beach / Arlington West
caption_attribution_description: English: Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel
context_page_description: Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica.
context_section_description: Arlington West was a temporary memorial created on Santa Monica Beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier at Santa Monica, every Sunday from sunrise to sunset.  Crosses are placed on the beach for each U.S. military person who has died in the Iraq War.  The number of crosses erected every Sunday now exceeds 4,000.  For military personnel killed within the week past, flag draped coffins with blue crosses are positioned in front.  The Arlington West Memorial, a project of Veterans For Peace, is intended to offer visitors a graceful, visually and emotionally powerful, place for reflection.
caption: The Santa Monica Ferris Wheel.
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