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CALHOUN COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

CALHOUN COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: 1212 QUINTARD AVENUE

City: ANNISTON

State: Alabama

Zip Code: 36201

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: SCHALENE DAGUITS

Submitted By: SCHALENE DAGUITS

Comments: In the Quintard Avenue median in front of Wakefield's Department Store

Erected by the Anniston Post, American Legion to the Calhoun Country men who served in the World War
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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