SIXTH, ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH WARDS WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: SPRING GARDEN STREET AND 2ND STREET
City: PHILADELPHIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19123
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
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 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-SIXTH, ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH WARDS WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B
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