Spirit of the American Doughboy, Helena, AR

This memorial was dedicated July 10, 1927, sponsored by the Phillips County Memorial Association, the 7-Generals Chapter of the UDC, and the City of Helena.  It is a E.M. Viquesney-designed doughboy, depicting a WWI infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land, holding a broken rifle and grenade.  The Helena Doughboy is one of only two specifically designated Viquesney Doughboys on the National Register of Historic Places.  The other is at Fort Smith, Arkansas.