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EGYPT CONGREGATIONS WORLD WAR MEMORIAL

EGYPT CONGREGATIONS WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: CHURCH STREET AND PARK STREET

City: WHITEHALL

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 18052

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1923

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-EGYPT CONGREGATIONS WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B


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