The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
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NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
N 29° 42.186 / W 098° 07.473
Copyright version 1934, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: TX000169.
Copyright version 1934, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: TX000169.
At main downtown intersection of Seguin and San Antonio in circular “Court of Honor” plaza.
The engraving on the pedestal reads:
DEDICATED NOVEMBER 11, 1937
TO
WORLD WAR VETERANS
OF
COMAL COUNTY
1917 – 1918
DONATED BY MR. & MRS. E. A. CLOUSNITZER
DEDICATED NOVEMBER 11, 1937
TO
WORLD WAR VETERANS
OF
COMAL COUNTY
1917 – 1918
DONATED BY MR. & MRS. E. A. CLOUSNITZER
There is a memorial walk with names engraved on the bricks.
The sculpture is painted a silver color but there is some color variation where treatment has been applied in metal seams. On the whole, it is in good condition.
The Doughboy and the stone Confederate monument (sculptor unknown) were dedicated many years apart. Still, the engravings name E. A. Clousnitzer as the donor of the Confederate monument and Mr. and Mrs. Clousnitzer as the donors of the Doughboy. The fountain was dedicated in May 11, 1895 and completed in 1896 during the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the admission of Texas to the United States.
New Braunfels, like New Ulm, Minnesota, the site of another Doughboy, is heavily populated by persons of German heritage and there are strong feelings for that heritage in both communities. The existence of Doughboys in both communities evidences the additional strong feelings for persons from those areas who served in the World War.
The Doughboy and the stone Confederate monument (sculptor unknown) were dedicated many years apart. Still, the engravings name E. A. Clousnitzer as the donor of the Confederate monument and Mr. and Mrs. Clousnitzer as the donors of the Doughboy. The fountain was dedicated in May 11, 1895 and completed in 1896 during the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the admission of Texas to the United States.
New Braunfels, like New Ulm, Minnesota, the site of another Doughboy, is heavily populated by persons of German heritage and there are strong feelings for that heritage in both communities. The existence of Doughboys in both communities evidences the additional strong feelings for persons from those areas who served in the World War.
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