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Spanish War Veterans Memorial

1898 - 1902

 
 
Spanish War Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, September 2, 2022
1. Spanish War Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.

Philippine Islands
Cuba
Porto Rico

“The Hiker"
The volunteer soldier, who
marched afoot, to triumph
over obstacles on foreign
lands and seas, to free op-
pressed peoples, to unite
our strife-torn nation, to
secure world recognition.

Fraternity - Patriotism
Humanity

 
Erected 1967 by United Spanish War Veterans and the Auxiliary Department of Georgia.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.
 
Location. 33° 44.971′ N, 84° 23.213′ W. Memorial is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in South Downtown. It is on Martin Luther King Junior Drive Southwest. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2 M.L.K Jr Dr SW, Atlanta GA 30303, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep 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,
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one of the original Thirteen Colonies, 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: Atlanta War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Georgia Vietnam Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Southwest Asia Campaign (Persian Gulf Conflict) (within shouting distance of this marker); The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Government In Atlanta (within shouting distance of this marker); Korean War (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.
 
Spanish War Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 2, 2024
2. Spanish War Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 182 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on February 6, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado.   2. submitted on September 4, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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