The Piet Retief monument in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth occupies a commanding piece of prime beach front land and, at the time of photographing was surrounded with broken glass. This monument to Piet Retief, was originally erected in Coega to the east of Port Elizabeth and unveiled in 1939 to commemorate the centenary of the Great Trek. In 1975 is was decided to move it to its current location in Summerstrand because of its link to Piet Retief. One of the many plaques can be roughly … [Read more...] about Piet Retief Monument – Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth
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Piet Retief Monument
Hi There, My wife and I have just returned from having a lovely few days away in PE. Being a Stonemason and Letter cutter we thought we would go around looking at the historical side of PE as it is one of the oldest towns in SA. We loved the Donkin Heritage trail with all the old historic building and the beautiful Monuments alone the way this was well worth the trip for me, in seeing the old ways of Stonemasonry. We stayed in Summerstrand this time and along our way we found the Piet … [Read more...] about Piet Retief Monument
