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Location: NORTH-EAST CORNER OF BRONSON PARK-200 S. ROSE STREET

City: KALAMAZOO

State: Michigan

Zip Code: 49007

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1924

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR


THE STATUE IS CALL 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.


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