Macarthur Park in Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
United Spanish War Veterans Tribute
The Boy's of 1898
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 10, 2018
1. United Spanish War Veterans Tribute Marker
United Spanish War Veterans
The Boy's of 1898
The Only 100% Volunteer Army
of the United States
Erected 1936 by Arkansas Department Auxilliary United Spanish War Veterans Seventh Annual Convention.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.
Location. 34° 44.27′ N, 92° 15.905′ W. Memorial is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It is in Macarthur Park. It can be reached from East 9th Street. Located behind the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 601 East 9th Street, Little Rock AR 72202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Camden Expedition (a few steps from this marker); Roosevelt Visits Little Rock / Roosevelt Visits City Park (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Colored Troops in Arkansas in the Civil War / 1st and 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry Regiments (within shouting distance of this marker); The Little Rock Arsenal (within shouting distance of this marker); The Arsenal Crisis (within shouting distance of this marker); Douglas MacArthur
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Other markers no longer nearby. In Memory of David O. Dodd (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); The Story of David O. Dodd (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the United Spanish War Veterans. The United Spanish War Veterans existed until 1992, when the last member, Nathan E. Cook, died one month before his 107th birthday. (Submitted on April 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 10, 2018
2. Veterans Tribute on right with the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in background.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 342 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 12, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
