Smithfield is a small town in the Free State, just off the N6 and around 130 km south of Bloemfontein. Hertzog was its MP for many years and it was the place in 1963 from which Verwoerd declared South Africa as a Republic. It has a 1938 monument made of rough-hewn stone in its centre commemorating the ox-wagon visit made as part of the Second Trek activities, when people in historical costumes accompanied ox wagons travelled to Pretoria and the Voortrekker monument from different parts of the country.
View Smithfield Voortrekker Monument gallery here
