It is installed along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

[1][2] The work was designed by the artist Ted Clausen and landscape architect Peter White.

[3] A group of firefighters originally proposed the memorial in 1982, but it was not initially approved by the Boston Arts Commission.

"[4] The Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle attributed the obstruction to the "elitism and self-importance" of those in the neighborhood.

[5] The design was finally approved in 1995 and ground was broken the following year.