The 14 October 1973 Memorial stands at the Ratchadamnoen-Tanao Road intersection and marks the site where student demonstrators were killed when the military government of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn opened fire on crowds demanding a democratic constitution. The uprising killed an estimated 77 people and led within days to the fall of the government.
The monument is modest — a granite stele with inscribed names — but the site carries significant meaning for Thais who see it as a founding moment of the democratic movement. The nearby Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnoen Avenue was again a focal point for protests in 1992 and 2010 and 2020, connecting 1973 to a continuous thread of Thai political struggle. Worth visiting alongside the Democracy Monument for those interested in modern Thai history.