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Location: 300 WALNUT STREET

City: LEAVENWORTH

State: Kansas

Zip Code: 66048

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1928

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

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-LEAVENWORTH COUNTY DOUGHBOY MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, C, & D


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