MARION COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: MILL CREEK-OREGON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
City: SALEM
State: Oregon
Zip Code: 97301
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1924
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
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.”
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE 87 MEN AND ONE WOMEN FROM MARION COUNTY WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR I
SEE ALSO-MARION COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL SIDES A, B, C, & D
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