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CARTER COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

CARTER COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: WEST MAIN STREET AND NORTH COURT STREET

City: GRAYSON

State: Kentucky

Zip Code: 41143

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: DON MORFE

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-CARTER COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUE
SEE ALSO-CARTER COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL PLAQUES A & B


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