The Voortrekker Memorial at Emma Park in Linden

These photographs were taken on Emma Koppie in Linden. Images open in a new window.

The inscription on this memorial reads:
Opgerig ter herdenking
aan
ontvangs van ossewa
Johanna
Van Der Merwe
op 10 Desember
Onthul op 16 Desember 1939
deur
Tannie C.M.E. Van Der Merwe.

A quick search revealed a bit more of the story behind the memorial. "The Johanna vd Merwe was dragged up the Emma Park Koppie by members of the church (The NGK in Linden) and the Laerskool Louw Geldenhuys. At the top of the koppie the hoofs of the oxen were imprinted in stone and on the other side at the Voortrekker Hall, the wheels were also imprinted. Afterwards there was a party at Emma Park." I am hoping to get photographs of the ox wagon tracks in the near future. Special thanks to Mignon and Hendrik at "Wamakerskloof" for the information.
I returned to the monument in November 2011 to see what state it was in, and all I could see was that the koppie had been fenced and was more overgrown than before. I still was not able to get to the Voortrekker Hall where there were other plaques, but was able to photograph them using my zoom.