SAVANNAH'S SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL
TO THOSE GEORGIANS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
THE STATUE IS CALLED THE HIKER. THERE ARE TWO STYLES BOTH INSTALLED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, BOTH STATUES ARE DEDICATED TO THE U.S. SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THESE VETERANS CALLED THEMSELVES HIKERS, IN THE SAME WAY THE WORLD WAR I VETS WERE CALLED DOUGHBOYS AND WORLD WAR II VETS WERE CALLED G.I. JOES.
SEE ALSO-SAVANAH'S SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, & C
THE STATUE IS CALLED THE HIKER. THERE ARE TWO STYLES BOTH INSTALLED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, BOTH STATUES ARE DEDICATED TO THE U.S. SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THESE VETERANS CALLED THEMSELVES HIKERS, IN THE SAME WAY THE WORLD WAR I VETS WERE CALLED DOUGHBOYS AND WORLD WAR II VETS WERE CALLED G.I. JOES.
SEE ALSO-SAVANAH'S SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, & C
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Listing Details
- Public
- SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1931
- FORSYTH PARK-BULL STREET AND WEST PARK AVENUE
- 31401
- MIKE STROUD
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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