WENTWORTH ALUMNI MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY-100 WASHINGTON AVENUE
City: LEXINGTON
State: Missouri
Zip Code: 64067
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1922
Access: Private
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 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-WENTWORTH ALUMNI MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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