The Spirit of the American Doughboy

Details: Last Updated: 08 November 2016

Address : "Freedom Won" Park area at the north end of Main Street

Town/Suburb/City : Payette

State/County/Province : ID

Country : USA

Postal code/ZIP : 83661

Dedication Date : May 30, 1923

Artist : E. M. Viquesney

(On plaque on base:) That the memory of the boys who gave their lives and their services in the defense of their country and to perpetuate its ideals shall live as an inspiration to courage and patriotism unsigned

Single figure -- soldier

Bronze
Granite

Base: approx. 79 x 40 x 40 in

ID000088

Standing figure of a Doughboy in full military World War I uniform. His proper right hand is raised, and he holds a bayonet in his proper left hand. Behind him are two small tree stumps and barbed wire.

Gift of L. V. Patch. Moved from its first location, the intersection of Center Avenue, because cars drove into it. IAS files contain related newspaper clipping from Idaho Statesman (Boise, ID) dated March 2, 1981, pg. 7-B, which includes a photograph of the sculpture as it looked in the 1920s.

Administered by City of Payette, 700 Center Avenue, Payette, Idaho 83661 Located North end of Main Street, Payette, Idaho 83661