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RANDALL COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

RANDALL COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Listing Details

Report

Location: 4TH AVENUE AND 15TH STREET

City: CANYON

State: Texas

Zip Code: 79015

Year Dedicated: 1928

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: BILL KIRCHNER

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-RANDALL COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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