The Voortrekker Monument was built in 1938 to commemorate the Great Trek of 1838
http://www.voortrekkermon.org.za
Click on the above link and you will have the option for Afrikaans/English to read about the Monument. The link will open in a new window.
Read about the Tapestry….it’s worth seeing these Tapestries! They look like real scenes.
The “Afrikaanse Taal-en Kultuurvereniging” ATKV’s Woman and Mother Movement donated the Historical Tapestry to the Voortrekker Monument. Nine women worked for eight years to complete the fifteen scenes from the Great Trek. The Tapestry contains 3,3 million stitches. The artist W.H. Coetzer painted the scenes on the tapestry gauze for the women to embroider.
http://www.voortrekkermon.org.za/
Update: June 2010 – as these tapestries are not anymore available on the site of the Voortrekkermonument, I’ve found a site where all 15 of them are and here are a few – you can follow the link at the bottom to view all the others.
See more on this link which will open in a new window: http://members.tripod.com/~meerkat_2/etapess.html
Dan…It is still there…hopefully not torn down…too big! LOL!! They will never be able to torn it down…this is really a huge monument…but with them…you will never know….lol….
Does the monument still exist, or has it been torn down?
Firstly its broken…..secondly its gone….eish
hi Herman… yes, one will never know…eish… 😉
Its is still there and lets hope it will remain like that 🙂
hi Jan, Welcome here and thanks for letting us know it’s still standing. 😆
hi
can anyone give me more info about a painting of the voortrekker monument dating back to 1939. I got it from my grand father and is still in its original casing. what is it worth approximately?
thanks
Hi Herbert.
Saw your request on the internet regarding the Voortrekker Monument.
Did anyone came back to you?
Is it worth anything?
Regards
Jolandi
Hi Jolandi
I’m not sure if Herbert will come back reading here – again. Hopefully if he does, he will then have a reply to your question.
hi Herbert…Welcome to my blog! Unfortunately, you are knocking on the wrong door. I have no information/Knowledge to assist you. Sorry.
The monument still stands, it is not gone. It is not broken either.
hi Lisa, Welcome here and thank you for keeping up updated with the “news” about the monument. You will have to keep us updated on a 3monthly basis, I think . lol!
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