KRUGER – STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (PAUL)
| Born: 1825/10/10 Rank: PRESIDENT Regiment: ZAR – REPUBLIC GPS: S25°44.807 E28°10.591 |
Reason for death: DIED Place of death: CLARENS – SWITZERLAND Date of death: 1904/07/14 Memorial: PRETORIA – CHURCH STREET CEMETERY |
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KRUGER BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE ZAR IN 1883. BOEKENHOUTFONTEIN WAS THE KRUGER FARM JUST NORTH-WEST OF RUSTENBURG AT PHOKENG. PORTION OF THE FARM NOW HOUSES THE KEDAR HERITAGE LODGE. THE LODGE HOUSES A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF BOER WAR MEMORABILIA. A VISIT/STAY AT KEDAR IS AN EXCITING AND VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
PAUL KRUGER HOUSE IN CHURCH STREET PRETORIA, WAS THE TOWN HOUSE OCCUPIED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND WHILE SITTING ON THE VERANDAH, WHICH FACED THE STREET, HE USED TO DISPENSE WORDS OF HIS WISDOM TO PASSERS BY, AS WELL AS ENGAGING WITH INDIVIDUALS ON PROBLEMS AFFECTING THEM. HE LOOKED UPON HIS HOUSE AS A PUBLIC FORUM.
PRETORIA – PAUL KRUGER HOUSE – CHURCH STREET (NOW WF NKOMO) S25°44.8086 E28°10.8843
