The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
Photo provided by Florinda Broderick,
City of Harrison Public Works Department.
City of Harrison Public Works Department.
HARRISON, NEW YORK
N 40° 58.2085 / W 73° 42.7702
Copyright version 1934, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NY001168.
Copyright version 1934, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NY001168.
In Ma Riis (formerly Station) Park, at northeast corner of Harrison Avenue and Heineman Place (Heineman Place changes to Calvert Street west of Harrison Avenue.)
The inscription on the plaque reads:
1917 1918
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON, NEW YORK
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR
PRESENTED BY
CURTIS SEAMAN READ POST 3047
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF HARRISON, NEW YORK
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ERECTED NOVEMBER 11, 1939
Three plaques on the rear of the base contain 300 names.
1917 1918
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON, NEW YORK
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR
PRESENTED BY
CURTIS SEAMAN READ POST 3047
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF HARRISON, NEW YORK
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ERECTED NOVEMBER 11, 1939
Three plaques on the rear of the base contain 300 names.
The purchase of the sculpture was led and sponsored by the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The base was erected as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project with funding partially provided by the town of Harrison. A picture of this Doughboy on its very impressive base was included in Viquesney promotional brochures. Three steps lead up to a small bench on the front of the base.
The sculpture was cleaned in 1983 by John Pavlik as a part of an Eagle Scout project, but had become very pitted and covered with white film through the years since then. It was again refurbished in 2004 by Arnaldo Ugarte and rededicated May 30, 2004. The bayonet is still missing, however.
The sculpture was cleaned in 1983 by John Pavlik as a part of an Eagle Scout project, but had become very pitted and covered with white film through the years since then. It was again refurbished in 2004 by Arnaldo Ugarte and rededicated May 30, 2004. The bayonet is still missing, however.
Thanks to George Haskins, Hartsdale, New York, Webmaster of Fieldguide to U.S. Public Monuments and Memorials, for the GPS location.
