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SPALDING COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

SPALDING COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL
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Location: 1ST STREET AND EAST TAYLOR STREET

City: GRIFFIN

State: Georgia

Zip Code: 30223

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1928

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: DAVID SEIBERT

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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