Listing Details

Location: 8TH AVENUE AND RIVER ROAD

City: BELMAR

State: New Jersey

Zip Code: 7719

Year Dedicated: 1930

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: BY R.C.

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THIS STATUE IS KNOWN AS “THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY,” DESIGNED TO HONOR 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-BELMAR WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B

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