IN MEMORIAM U.S.S. MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY 15TH, 1898 THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE.

THE STATUE IS CALLED THE HIKER. THERE ARE TWO STYLES 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.