BEN HILL COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF 1898-1902. "YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED". PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
THE IMAGE OF THE SOLDIER IS CALLED THE HIKER. VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 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.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Bas-Reliefs
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Year Dedicated:
1940
Photograph By:
MIKE STROUD
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