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AXTELL WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

AXTELL WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: 5TH STREET AND MAPLE STREET

City: AXTELL

State: Kansas

Zip Code: 66403

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS “THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY,” DESIGNED TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND CASUALTIES OF WORLD WAR I. MASS PRODUCED DURING THE 1920’S AND 1930’S FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. ITS TITLE IS OFTEN SHORTENED TO “THE DOUGHBOY.”
SEE ALSO-AXTELL WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL


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