Overview
- About 100 people gathered at the Curtain of Courage outside the San Bernardino County Government Center, where a bell tolled 14 times and the victims’ names were read.
- County officials held a moment of silence, lowered flags to half-staff at city and county buildings, streamed a brief online ceremony, and hosted a private event for families.
- Cal State San Bernardino’s Peace Garden held a Day of Remembrance ceremony, extending commemorations beyond the downtown memorial.
- The attack on Dec. 2, 2015, targeted county Public Health employees at the Inland Regional Center, killing 14 and wounding 22 before Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed in a police shootout.
- Opened in 2022, the Curtain of Courage features 14 family-personalized alcoves with chosen glass colors, inscriptions on benches, and keepsakes placed inside.