SAVANNAH’S SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: FORSYTH PARK-BULL STREET AND WEST PARK AVENUE
City: SAVANNAH
State: Georgia
Zip Code: 31401
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1931
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: MIKE STROUD
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
TO THOSE GEORGIANS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
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. 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-SAVANAH’S SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, & C
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