CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY WORLD WAR I DOUGHBOY MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: SOUTH ALEXANDER STREET AND EAST 4TH STREET
City: CHARLOTTE
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 28202
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1923
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: KERRIE CARTER
Submitted By: DOCSOUTH.UNC.EDU/COMMLAND/
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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