Spirit of the American Doughboy - Verona, Pennsylvania
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N 40° 30.515 W 079° 50.551
17T E 598066 N 4484850
A true Visquesney Original "Spirit of the American Doughboy" located in a Veterans Park, Verona, PA.
Waymark Code: WM14WEK
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2021
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"This Doughboy is part of the memorial for the men and women that fought in the World War.
This was the last Visquesney Doughboy delivered and erected. Copyright version 1934 of cast zinc.
From a Plaque to the left of the statue:
"THIS MEMORIAL IS
DEDICATED IN SINCERE
TRIBUTE TO THE LIVING
AND DEAD OF VERONA, PA.,
WHOSE VALIANT EFFORTS
AND UNSELFISH SACRIFICES
HAVE MADE AMERICA GREAT.
GOD GRANT THAT THE
LIBERTY OF HUMANITY, WON
ONLY BY BRAVE SOULS AND
VIGILANTLY GUARDED, SHALL
LIVE ON WITH INCREASED
STRENGTH AND SPIRIT,
PERPETUATED FOR
ALL AGES TO COME.
The plaquue to the right of the statue reads:
" ROLL OF (Eagle and flag emblem) HONOR
A TRIBUTE FROM THE PEOPLE OF VERONA
TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ANSWERED THE
THE COUNTRY'S CALL IN THE WORLD WAR, 1917-1919."
(followed by a list of many names in three columns.)
And at the bottom:
"THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM,
AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE
PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH." A. LINCOLN
This is listed on Spirit of the American Doughboy - E. M. Viquesney . Found at Link