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ALTON, ILLINOIS

  N 38° 55.594 / W 090° 10.683

Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.

Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number 47260018.
In memorial area in front of Alton VFW Post 1308, 4445 Alby Street.
The plaque inscription on the front of the base reads:

THIS
MEMORIAL
IS ERECTED
TO
COMMEMORATE
THE
PATRIOTISM
AND
DEVOTION
OF
OUR CITIZENS
WHO
ANSWERED
OUR COUNTY’S CALL
AND
SERVED IN
THE
WORLD
WAR
A plaque under the Doughboy’s right honors, by name, those who gave their lives. A plaque on the left contains an Abraham Lincoln quotation and a plaque on the back lists twelve battles. The two sections of a low wall near the street contain the words, "VETERANS" and "MEMORIAL". A plaque just in front of the Doughboy is dedicated to those who lost their lives in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
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The Doughboy was originally dedicated November 11, 1922 in Riverside Park by the Mississippi River in downtown Alton, and moved to its current location in 1975.
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