Cemetery Art Winterset WW I Memorial Doughboy - Winterset, Iowa
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N 41° 19.793 W 094° 00.556
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This handsome memorial with a doughboy on top is located in the Winterset, Iowa Cemetery - 502 N 4th Street.
Waymark Code: WM14TFQ
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2021
Views: 2
This memorial consists of a bronze World War I soldier at "Parade Rest" atop a marble pedestal. Surrounding the monument are several WWI veteran's headstones. There is an unlighted flagpole and another dedication marker from the Cemetery.
The text reads:
Dedicated by the people of Madison County, Iowa, as a grateful tribute to the memory of its soldiers and sailors.
Nov. 11, 1920
Text of Cemetery red granite marker:
This plot of ground was donated by the Cemetery Association to the War Memorial Association as a place to perpetuate the memory of Madison County soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the war against Germany and Her Allies.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Nov. 11, 1920
Materials used: Soldier : Bronze Plinth: Granite
Location: Winterset, Iowa Cemetery
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