KNOXVILLE WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1921
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: BRIAN STANSBERRY
Submitted By: EN.WIKIPEDIA
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.”
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