Voortrekker monument, Pretoria: "At the foot of the Monument stands a bronze sculpture of a Voortrekker woman and her two children by South African sculptor Anton van Wouw. It pays homage to the strength and courage of the Voortrekker women who played as big a part in this historic event as the men."

Poignant memorial to the Voortrekker women and children - Voortrekker Monument - South Africa

Boer War Memorial "Farewell"
Boer at foot of Paul Kruger Statue Church Square, Pretoria

Boer at foot of Paul Kruger Statue Church Square, Pretoria

Klapperkopfort - Pretoria This statue of a soldier holding a R1 rifle, was erected in memory of all members of the South African Defence Force who lost their lives serving their country. The individuals who have lost their lives are honored with an inscription on a number of marble plaques mounted around the statue.

Klapperkopfort - Pretoria This statue of a soldier holding a rifle, was…

Peace Treaty Vereeniging | Anglo-Boer War Museum The Bitter Ender - Danie de Jager

Peace Treaty Vereeniging | Anglo-Boer War Museum The Bitter Ender - Danie de Jager

1820 Settlers Monument by CrazyDinx, via Flickr
Slag van Bloedrivier (naby Vryheid)
Wolraad Woltemade statue in the grounds of Old Mutual, Pinelands. (June 1, 1773 – Table Bay, Cape Town) The wreck of De Jonge Thomas lay in Table Bay. Wolraad Woltemade rode his horse, Vonk, into the raging sea to save lives of the ship's crew. He managed to rescue 2 sailors. He repeated this 6 times successfully. Woltemade rode out into the sea again – but this time too many sailors grabbed onto his horse. Both he and the horse, & the sailors, drowned.

Statue of Wolraad Woltemade by Ivan Mitford-Barberton at Old Mutual Pinelands

Second Boer War Horse Memorial, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Op versoek van die Volksraad is die Paardekraal Monument op die koppie op Paardekraal opgerig en President Paul Kruger het dit op 16 Desember 1891 tydens ‘n Gelofte en Verootmoedigingsfees onthul. Hierdie dag was uiters gedenkwaardig aangesien dit die eerste Volksfees/Paardekraalfees was, waarop die Slag van Bloedrivier weer deur die boerevolk herdenk is. Van hierdie dag af vorentoe het Paardekraal Monument ‘n dubbele betekenis gekry, naamlik ‘n besonderse verbintenis met die gelofte van…

Op versoek van die Volksraad is die Paardekraal Monument op die koppie op Paardekraal opgerig en President Paul Kruger het dit op 16 Desember 1891 tydens ‘n Gelofte en Verootmoedigingsfees onthul. Hierdie dag was uiters gedenkwaardig aangesien dit die eerste Volksfees/Paardekraalfees was, waarop die Slag van Bloedrivier weer deur die boerevolk herdenk is. Van hierdie dag af vorentoe het Paardekraal Monument ‘n dubbele betekenis gekry, naamlik ‘n besonderse verbintenis met die gelofte van…

Sarel Cilliers was ‘n baie bekende Voortrekker wat oorspronklik in die Paarl gewoon het. Hy is gebore op die plaas Schoongezicht in Dal Josaphat op 7.9.1801. in 1836 het Cilliers met vrou en 6 kinders by die Potgieter-trek laat aansluit. Hy was daarvan oortuig dat dit God se wil is dat hy moes trek. Cilliers word ook deur sommige as die ‘vader van die Gelofte’ beskou wat die Voortrekkers afgelê het voor die Slag van Bloedrivier wat op 16.12.1838 plaasgevind het.

Sarel Cilliers was ‘n baie bekende Voortrekker wat oorspronklik in die Paarl…

Voortrekker Monument
Boer War Memorial, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin - Memorial to those banished to foreign lands

Boer War Memorial, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin - Memorial to those banished to foreign lands

Headstone on the grave of Jopie Fourie in the Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa.

Headstone on the grave of Jopie Fourie in the Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa.

Pretoria - Paul Kruger

Pretoria - Paul Kruger

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