THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY PALATKA MEMORIAL BRIDGE PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1921
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: JAMES R. MURRAY
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
FOUR STATUES GUARD THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE TWO ON EACH SIDE. THEY WERE ERECTED ON THE SITE BY NATIONALLY KNOWN ARTIST E.M. VIQUESNEY OF SPENCER, INDIANA. THE STATUES HAVE BEEN GIVEN NATIONAL PUBLICITY AND NEARLY ONE HUNDRED OTHER STATUES LIKE THEM HAVE BEEN ERECTED TO DATE. THE “SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY” IS THE ONLY STATUE IN THE WORLD THAT HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AS BEING 100 PERCENT PERFECT.
SEE ALSO-THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY PALATKA MEMORIAL BRIDGE STATUES A, B, C, & D
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