The Hostess House War and Veterans Memorial in Palo Alto includes several veterans memorials at the base of a flagstaff. One side honors McKinley Post Number 187, Department of California and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic, veterans of the Civil War, organized in Palo Alto on January 21st 1905; at the time of the plaque there were fourteen living members whose average age was seventy-five years, and it was dedicated on Decoration Day, May 30th 1918, bearing the words "One country and one flag" and the names Chas. H. Lewis, Post Adjutant, Orrin W. Dunn, Quartermaster, and Chas. M. Fitzgerald, Post Commander. Another side records that the flagstaff was erected by Palo Alto Parlor Number 216, Native Sons of the Golden West, assisted by patriotic citizens of Palo Alto, and dedicated and deeded to the City of Palo Alto on Oct. 28 1908, with E.A. Hettinger as chairman, George Williams as secretary, and A.T. Lund and I.P Vandervort on the committee. A third side identifies El Camino Parlor Number 144, Native Daughters of the Golden West, instituted June 21 1904 in Palo Alto, California, and includes the words "Spread the Golden Gates Wide Open to thy Daughters of the West seeking entrance at the portal of our order grand and blest." A fourth side names the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County and lists officers and members associated with the years 1875 - 1909. A nearby plaque dedicates a Servicemen and Servicewomen Memorial to all the men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, erected by the Palo Alto United Veterans Council on May 30th, 1983.