This monument is just outside the Paul Kruger gate to the Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa.
The Kruger National Park was established in 1926. The surface area of Kruger National Park is 7,580 miles² (19,633 km²).
Kruger was born at Bulhoek, his grandfather's farm in the Steynsburg district near the town of Cradock. He grew up on the farm Vaalbank.
Kruger was born at Bulhoek, his grandfather's farm in the Steynsburg district near the town of Cradock. He grew up on the farm Vaalbank.
On 30 December 1880, at the age of 55, Kruger was elected President of the Transvaal.
Kruger was a large squarely built man, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He mostly went dressed in a black frock coat with a top hat. Because he was a chain smoker, he was never far from his pipe. The image of Kruger in his top hat and frock coat, smoking his pipe was used to great effect in the Anglo-Boer war by British cartoonists. Wikipedia has a beautiful picture of him in his coat and top hat.
Kruger was a large squarely built man, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He mostly went dressed in a black frock coat with a top hat. Because he was a chain smoker, he was never far from his pipe. The image of Kruger in his top hat and frock coat, smoking his pipe was used to great effect in the Anglo-Boer war by British cartoonists. Wikipedia has a beautiful picture of him in his coat and top hat.
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul (Afrikaans: "Oom Paul") was State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal). He gained international renown as the face of Boer resistance against the British during the South African or Second Boer War (1899–1902).
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