Von Lettow-Vorbeck Memorial - Setting Up The Memorial

Setting Up The Memorial

The Memorial was unveiled on 14 November 1953 as a National Monument of Northern Rhodesia (as it was then) and consists of a large stone platform with the plaques set into a stone pillar, next to a cannon of the era (but not one used by the Germans).

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