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POLK COUNTY WORLD WAR HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL

POLK COUNTY WORLD WAR HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL
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Location: 102 EAST BROADWAY

City: BOLIVAR

State: Missouri

Zip Code: 65613

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1925

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.

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 SHORTEN TO “THE DOUGHBOY.”
SEE ALSO-POLK COUNTY WORLD WAR HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL PLAQUES A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, & O


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