The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
CANYON, TEXAS
N 34° 58.775 / W 101° 55.718
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260106.
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260106.
In northwest quarter of Randall County Courthouse Square, near west side of Courthouse, at the corner of 4th Avenue and 15th Street.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
TO THOSE WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES
IN HUMANITY’S DEFENSE
IN THE WAR OF THE NATION
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
OF RANDALL COUNTY
WHO GAVE THEIR LAST FULL MEASURE
OF DEVOTION
(followed by 11 names in two columns)
1917 – 1918
DEDICATED BY
THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
TO THOSE WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES
IN HUMANITY’S DEFENSE
IN THE WAR OF THE NATION
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE
OF RANDALL COUNTY
WHO GAVE THEIR LAST FULL MEASURE
OF DEVOTION
(followed by 11 names in two columns)
1917 – 1918
DEDICATED BY
THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
Dedicated November 11, 1928. Over the years, it suffered a lot of deterioration. The left arm had pulled away from the body; the rifle butt was dented; the rifle sling, end of the rifle and bayonet were missing, amd the barbed wire was loose. A major refurbishment by Laboratory for Conservation of Fine Arts, Teaneck, New Jersey, was completed in April 1999 and the sculpture is in excellent condition.
