Spirit of the American Doughboy - North Canaan, CT - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

A pressed copper, original version (copyright 1920), of E.M. Viquesney's "The Spirit of the American Doughboy" was dedicated on November 11, 1923. This 7' by 3' by 3' sculpture is placed on a 7' high by 13' wide cobblestone base. The sculpture depicts a World War I infantryman dressed in combat uniform. He is depicted in motion with his left foot in front of his right foot. A grenade is held in his raised right hand and he is holding a rifle, horizontally, by his side in his left hand. At the back corners are a pair of tree stumps.

A bronze plaque on the front of the monument is inscribed:

IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN
THE WORLD WAR
FROM
NORTH CANAAN
three columns of 37 names each, four with gold stars

Plaque on east side is inscribed:

1861 IN MEMORY OF 1865
OF THOSE MEN OF NORTH CANAAN
WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR
four columns of 17 names & one column of 18 names
"THE WORLD CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID" LINCOLN

Plaque on north side of base is inscribed:

THIS TABLET IS REVERENTLY
INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WENT FROM THAT PART
OF THE TOWN OF CANAAN WHICH
LATER BECAME NORTH CANAAN, AND WHO
WITH VALOR AND PATRIOTISM,
DEFENDED THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY
IN THE COLONIAL WARS
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
THE WAR OF 1812
ALTHOUGH TIME HAS DIMMED THE RECORD OF THEIR
NAMES, THEIR DEEDS ARE HELD IN EVERLASTING
REMEMBRANCE

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Spirit of the American Doughboy Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: E. M. Viquesney Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1920 Materials used: pressed copper statue, cobblestone base, bronze plaques Location: East Main Street and Granite Avenue in North Canaan, CT.

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