The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
 The Doughboy in 2001, with former honor roll panel. Photo provided by Mt. Pleasant Mayor Chesley R. Christensen. |
 The Doughboy as of July, 2010. The new rifle sling and bayonet are gone, and the honor roll panel has been moved indoors. Photo: Les Kopel, Oxnard, California. |
MOUNT PLEASANT, UTAH
N 39° 32.815 / W 111° 27.310
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260115.
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260115.
At Memorial Hall Recreation Center at 10 North State Street.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
LIST OF SOLDIERS FROM MT. PLEASANT, UTAH
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918
(followed by four columns of names)
A lower engraving on the base reads:
ERECTED BY
SERVICE . STAR . LEGION
1926
LIST OF SOLDIERS FROM MT. PLEASANT, UTAH
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918
(followed by four columns of names)
A lower engraving on the base reads:
ERECTED BY
SERVICE . STAR . LEGION
1926
The photograph above left was taken in Autumn of 2001, after incidents of vandalism in 1995 and 1997 in which the bayonet had been stolen and the rifle broken off. A new rifle and bayonet were made by Danny Oldroyd and replaced in August of 2008, but the bayonet and rifle strap were gone again by the time Doughboy Searcher Les Kopel took the photo on the right in July of 2010.
The roofed structure behind the Doughboy contained an impressive honor roll dedicated to all those who served from Sanpete County, but due to vandalism it was moved indoors to the foyer of the Memorial Hall Recreation Center (the building behind the Doughboy in the right photo). It includes five panels on both sides with many columns of names listed by town and by war or conflict.
The Doughboy was originally dedicated in the middle of the intersection of State and Main Streets. When State Street was rerouted in 1946, the Doughboy was moved to a location on the grounds of the nearby National Guard Armory. Then when a volunteer group erected the Veterans Memorial with the pictured honor roll in 1982, the Doughboy was moved to its current location on the NE corner of the intersection of State and Main, standing on a low, flat base shared with the former honor roll. When the honor roll was moved indoors, its portion of the shared base was removed also, and replaced with lawn.
The rather roughly hacked-off rear of the base wher the honor roll once stood.
Photo: Les Kopel, Oxnard, California.
Photo: Les Kopel, Oxnard, California.
