The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
Photo provided by LTC Bill Price, Furman ROTC.
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
(2004 REPLACEMENT)
N 34° 55.2458 / W 82° 26.3466
2004 cast bronze replacement of original copyright version 1920.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.
2004 cast bronze replacement of original copyright version 1920.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.
In Childers Plaza, on the campus of Furman University.
The plaques that were with the Doughboy at its former location were also moved to Childers Plaza.
Two new plaques there read:
(on the low left brick column)
DOUGHBOY
ARTIST: E. M. VIQUESNEY
STATUE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN 1921 AT
THE DOWNTOWN GRENVILLE MEN’S CAMPUS
AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 2004 BY ARTIST
MARIA KIRBY-SMITH.
THE DOUGHBOY FACES EAST TOWARD
THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE.
and on the low right brick column:
CHILDERS PLAZA
PROVIDED BY
ELAINE DUFFY CHILDERS ’43
WACO F. CHILDERS, JR. ’47
AND
FRIENDS OF
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
(on the low left brick column)
DOUGHBOY
ARTIST: E. M. VIQUESNEY
STATUE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN 1921 AT
THE DOWNTOWN GRENVILLE MEN’S CAMPUS
AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 2004 BY ARTIST
MARIA KIRBY-SMITH.
THE DOUGHBOY FACES EAST TOWARD
THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE.
and on the low right brick column:
CHILDERS PLAZA
PROVIDED BY
ELAINE DUFFY CHILDERS ’43
WACO F. CHILDERS, JR. ’47
AND
FRIENDS OF
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
After Furman University's badly-damaged original Doughboy was retired to a museum, its old pedestal was moved to the newly created Childers Plaza area of the campus and a new cast bronze Doughboy was dedicated there in an impressive ceremony with attending dignitaries, ROTC, bagpipes, remarks, and rifle salute, on November 11, 2004.
In making the new casting, Maria J. Kirby-Smith (below) and her Camden, South Carolina studio associates studied the features of several existing Viquesney "Spirit of The American Doughboy" statues to create a copy that was faithful to the features of the original.
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 Photos provided by Earl Goldsmith, The Woodlands, Texas. |
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