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IN HONOR OF ALL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1917-1918 MEMORIAL

IN HONOR OF ALL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1917-1918 MEMORIAL
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Location: WHEELING PARK

City: WHEELING

State: West Virginia

Zip Code: 26003

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1931

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: ALLEN C. BROWNE

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE “SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY” MEMORIALS THAT HAS A PLAQUE ATTACHED SHOWING THAT ITS COPYRIGHTED BY E.M. VIQUESNEY, SCULPTOR.
“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-“SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY” MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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