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MEYERSDALE WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

MEYERSDALE WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Listing Details

Report

Location: U.S. 219 AND CENTER STREET

City: MEYERSDALE

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 15552

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1928

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

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-MEYERSDALE WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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