National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE CITY OF MALDEN TO HER SONS WHO ON LAND AND SEA DEFENDED THE NATION'S HONOR IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN, THE INSURRECTION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION 1898-1902 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.