Photo provided by Stephen Barnes of Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
NASHVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
N 35° 58.529 / W 077° 58.099
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.
At left front corner of Nash County Courthouse, 234 West Washington Street, corner of North Drake Street.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
1917 1918
ERECTED IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
NASH COUNTY BOYS
AS A LOVING TRIBUTE TO THE
SELF-SACRIFICING SPIRIT
THEY DISPLAYED INTHEIR COUNTRY’S
SERVICE IN THE
WORLD WAR
FOR
LIBERTY JUSTICE PEACE
NOVEMBER 11, 1921
The bottom block of the base is engraved:
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER SPIRIT
1917 1918
ERECTED IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
NASH COUNTY BOYS
AS A LOVING TRIBUTE TO THE
SELF-SACRIFICING SPIRIT
THEY DISPLAYED INTHEIR COUNTRY’S
SERVICE IN THE
WORLD WAR
FOR
LIBERTY JUSTICE PEACE
NOVEMBER 11, 1921
The bottom block of the base is engraved:
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER SPIRIT
(It’s possible that the local carver of the base might have misheard or misunderstood the correct name of “Spirit of The American Doughboy”.)
One of two Viquesney Doughboys that were dedicated November 11, 1921, with Americus, Georgia being the other.
In this, the first year of its production, the sculptor already had five copies of his soon-to-be-famous monument on public display: The two above, plus Greenville, South Carolina; Nashville, Georgia; and Hartford City, Indiana.
In ensuing years, sales of Viquesney's Doughboy would far outstrip those of any of his competitors.
In this, the first year of its production, the sculptor already had five copies of his soon-to-be-famous monument on public display: The two above, plus Greenville, South Carolina; Nashville, Georgia; and Hartford City, Indiana.
In ensuing years, sales of Viquesney's Doughboy would far outstrip those of any of his competitors.
