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MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL FRONT

MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL FRONT
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Listing Details

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Location: E. MAIN STREET AND S. PEARL STREET

City: TROY

State: North Carolina

Zip Code: 27371

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1926

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: RUSTY LONG

Submitted By: DOCSOUTH.UNC.EDU/COMMLAND/

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.”

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