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PACIFIC COMMUNITY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

PACIFIC COMMUNITY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: WAYNE STREET AND WHALEY STREET

City: COLUMBIA

State: South Carolina

Zip Code: 29201

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1930

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: MIKE STROUD

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-PACIFIC COMMUNITY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B


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