The Spirit of the American Doughboy

Details: Last Updated: 07 November 2016

Address : Triangular Veterans Memorial Park
Town/Suburb/City : Griffin
State/County/Province : GA
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 30223

Dedication Date : May 30, 1928

Artist : E. M. Viquesney

(Metal plaque on base reads:) SPIRIT OF THE/AMERICAN DOUGH(illegible)Y/COPYRIGHTED/E.M. VIQUESNEY SCULPTOR/SPENCER, INDIANA (Plaque on front of stone base, with eagle on top:) Spalding County/Dedicates this memorial as a/perpetual evidence/of her Gratitude for the/Brave, Loyal and Patriotic service/rendered by/Her Sons and Daughters/in 1917-The World War 1918 unsigned

Single figure -- soldier

Metal (any)
Stone (any)

3'

Base: approx. 8 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 7 in

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A uniformed soldier standing with proper right arm upraised holding a grenade. He wears a helmet and backpack and has a satchel around his neck. He stands next to two short tree stumps, with entwined barbed wire.

Administered by City of Griffin, Cemetarys, P. O. Box T, Griffin, Georgia 30224 Located Veterans Memorial Park, Corner of 1st, Taylor Street, & Memorial Drive, Griffin, Georgia