현충탑은 여천 출신 순국선열과 한국전쟁 때 전사한 장병들을 추모하기 위하여 1987년 6월 건립되었다.
Hyeonchungtap Memorial Tower was erected in June 1987 to commemorate the memory of martyr from Yeocheon and the soldiers who died during the Korean War.