Spanish-American War Veterans Monument
[West Plaque]:
Spanish War Veterans Insignia
[South Plaque]:
South Carolina Troops
in the Spanish-American War
First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Second South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Anderson's Battery Heavy Artillery
South Carolina Naval Militia
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South Carolinians who volunteered for
The Yellow Fever Test in Cuba
were honored by the United States Congress
with a special Gold Medal and
a Lifetime Pension
Tech. Sgt. Levi E. Folk, Newberry
Pvt. James L. Hannerberry, Orangeburg
Pvt. Charles G. Sontag, Columbia
[East Plaque]:
Erected by
the State of South Carolina
and her citizens to honor the
memory of her sons who served
in the War with Spain,
The Philippine Insurrection and
The China Relief Expedition
1898-1902
Dedicated October 22nd, 1941
by the Department of South Carolina
United Spanish War Veterans
[North Plaque]:
Remember the Maine
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"Fire when you are ready Griddey."
Dewey - at Manilla, U.S.S. Olympia
"Don't cheer boys,
the poor devils are dying."
Capt. Phillips U.S.S. Texas
at Santiago
Marker can be reached from the intersection of Gervais Street and Main Street, in the median.
Courtesy hmdb.org
