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Location: CAPITOL AVENUE

City: LANSING

State: Michigan

Zip Code: 48933

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: BILL PFINGSTEN


THE STATUE IS CALLED THE HIKER. THERE ARE TWO STYLES AND 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 WORLD WAR I VETS WERE CALLED DOUGHBOYS AND WORLD WAR II VETS WERE CALLED G.I. JOES.
SEE ALSO-STATE OF MICHIGAN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION STONE


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