PUTNAM COUNTY REMEMBERS WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: WEST WASHINGTON STREET AND NORTH INDIANA AVENUE
City: GREENCASTLE
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 46135
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1927
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: AL WOLF
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.”
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