PETERSBURG WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET AND NORTH BOULEVARD
City: PETERSBURG
State: Virginia
Zip Code: 23805
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1928
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: BERNARD FISHER
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 DOUGHTBOY.”
SEE ALSO-PETERSBURG WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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