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SALINE COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

SALINE COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: COURT STREET AND LAFAYETTE AVENUE

City: MARSHALL

State: Missouri

Zip Code: 65340

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1927

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: JAMES BOX

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-SALINE COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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