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Location: MEMORIAL BOULEVARD PARK

City: BRISTOL

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6010

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK


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 THE WORLD WAR I VETS WERE CALLED DOUGHBOYS AND WORLD WAR II VETS WERE CALLED G.I. JOES.
SEE ALSO-THE HIKER, BRISTOL CT MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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