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Location: HARRISON AVENUE AND MOOSIC STREET

City: SCRANTON

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 18505

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: ALL WARS

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.


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-COLONEL FRANK J. DUFFY MEMORIAL PARK


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