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CERRO GORDO COUNTY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL

CERRO GORDO COUNTY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: 220 NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE

City: MASON CITY

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 50401

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1934-REDEDICATED-1993

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.

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-CERRO GORDO COUNTY WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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