The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity.
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The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity.
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Indiana Monuments, Memorials & Historic Sites
We Need Your Help! Does your community have a WWI monument, memorial, or historic site not listed here? Do you have photographs or information about a particular site's history? If so, contact us at WorldWarICentennial@iara.in.gov and help us tell Indiana's WWI story.
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This pristine historic building was built to honor those soldiers from Hancock County, IN
who made the Supreme Sacrifice in Defense of Freedom during the World War, 1917 - 1918.
There is a bronze memorial plaque on the building dedicated to the memory of war time
President Woodrow Wilson and a bronze Honor Roll plaque with the names of Hancock
County’s war heroes. The Honor Roll plaque was placed there by the Hancock County
Chapter of American War Mothers.
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Spirit of the American Doughboy
100 Cities / 100 Memorials
The Henry County Memorial Park "Spirit of the American Doughboy", by sculptor Ernest Moore Viquesney, was presented by the Henry County Chapter of the War Mothers in 1929. In honor of the centennial of World War I, the statue was refurbished and repaired and rededicated on November 11, 2018. It is now located in a newly reconstructed flag plaza outside the Memorial Park's veterans museum.
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Contact
WorldWarICentennial@iara.in.gov
Indiana World War I Centennial Committee
Leadership
- Co-Chairs
Brig. Gen. Stewart Goodwin
Indiana War Memorial
Jim Brown
Indiana Department of Veteran's Affairs - Vice Chair
Jim Osborne
Indiana Military Museum
Committee Members
- Katherine Gould
- Indiana State Museum
- Gerald Hadley
Indiana National Guard - Elizabeth Howard
Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution - Dr. Dan Murphy
Hanover College - Lauren Patton
Indiana State Library - Johnathan Pickett
Department of Indiana, American Legion - Jo Ann Remender
Salvation Army - Dr. Kathleen A. Tobin
- Indiana Association of Historians
- Major Bob Webster
Salvation Army
Staff
- Marilyn Fernandez
Indiana Archives and Records Administration - Jennifer Hodge
Indiana Archives and Records Administration
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