TOMPKINSVILLE PARK SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1916
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: COURTESY OF NYC PARKS ART & ANTIQUITIES
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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-TOMPKINS PARK SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, C, & D
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