Spanish - American War Veterans Memorial - Birmingham, AL
N 33° 31.205 W 086° 48.565
16S E 517698 N 3708961
The Memorial to the Spanish American War is a bronze sculpture of a soldier atop a stone pedestal, located in the southern entrance of Linn Park.
Waymark Code: WMMVT4
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2014
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Memorial inscriptions:
(South Face)
In honor of the Soldiers,
Sailors, Marines, and Nurses
Of the Volunteer Army of the
Republic, who served in the
Spanish-American War
The Philippine Insurrection,
and the Boxer Rebellion
April 21st 1898-July 4th 1902
(West Face)
Remember the Maine!
(North Face)
Dedicated June 4, 1944, by
the Ladies Auxiliary,
United Spanish War Veterans,
to the most unselfish mass
act in history
(East Face)
"You may fire when ready
Gridley."
Dewey at the Battle of Manila
Bay, May 1st, 1898
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