[1] It did not become a park until 1897, when it was organized as a garden via the proposal of John McLeavy Brown, an Irish advisor to King Gojong.

[3][4] On the front is an inscription composed by Kim Suon with the calligraphy done by Seong Im.

Two elaborately carved intertwined dragons rising toward the sky holding a Buddhist gem reside on the top of the monument.

[2] There are a number of bas-relief statues representing Korean national heroes, as well as a monument to independence movement.

This contrasts the ideals of the Proclamation of Independence against the lived reality of modern day Korea.