IN HONOR OF ALL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1917-1918 MEMORIAL

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THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE "SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY" MEMORIALS THAT HAS A PLAQUE ATTACHED SHOWING THAT ITS COPYRIGHTED BY E.M. VIQUESNEY, SCULPTOR. "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-"SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY" MEMORIAL PLAQUE

Location

Address: WHEELING PARK
City: WHEELING
State:
Zip Code: 26003

Details

Memorial Type: Statues War or Military Related
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Year Dedicated: 1931
Photograph By: ALLEN C. BROWNE
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