Artist Becky Ault has designed and created a bronze monument honoring veterans of the Spanish-American War and the buffalo soldiers for Veterans Memorial Park in Lakeland. The Park is owned and maintained by the City of Lakeland.

Students from two high schools researched and submitted images to be exhibited on the monument. Eight images were selected. Students, teachers and schools are recognized on the monument.

Ault was commissioned by Platform Art, a nonprofit cultural arts organization, in partnership with the Polk County Veterans Council and Buffalo Soldiers of Florida.