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FURMAN UNIVERSITY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL

FURMAN UNIVERSITY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: CHILDERS PLAZA-FURMAN UNIVERSITY

City: GREENVILLE

State: South Carolina

Zip Code: 29617

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1921

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: BRIAN SCOTT

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-FURMAN UNIVERSITY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL
SEE ALSO-FURMAN UNIVERSITY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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