HOT SPRINGS -- A monument memorializing veterans of the Spanish-American War was moved last week from the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail to the Garland County Veterans Memorial and Military Park.
Originally, the monument was located at the corner of Central and Grand avenues, but Jo West Taylor Davis, chair of the Veterans Memorial Committee, said it kept getting hit by vehicles that cut the median short, so the city moved it to the trail.
The monument now rests close to the All Veterans Monument, which was moved to the park in August.
Davis said various monuments have been moved to the park to give them all a home. Now that the final monument has been placed, there are plans to add benches, pavers and butterfly bushes, she said.
Wayne Griffin, left, Thomas Milstead, Karen Griffin, and Jo West Davis arrived at 8:30 a.m. Monday to help move the Spanish-American War monument. - Photo by McKenna Knott-DeBord of The Sentinel-Record
Karen Griffin, left, and Jo West Davis direct Wayne Griffin while he levels out the monument. - Photo by McKenna Knott-DeBord of The Sentinel-Record