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EMMITSBURG WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

EMMITSBURG WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: NORTH MAIN STREET AND LINCOLN AVENUE

City: EMMITSBURG

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21727

Year Dedicated: 1927

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: MIKE STROUD

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-EMMITSBURG WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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