The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
Photo provided by Patricia Gandy, Reference Librarian, Perth Amboy Public Library.
PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY
N 40° 30.660 / W 074° 16.144
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260070.
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260070.
In small Arnesen Square, in triangle at Madison, Fayette and New Brunswick Avenue.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
DEDICATED
IN HONOR OF THE PATRIOTS
OF 1776-1813-1846-1861-1898
AND TO THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN 1917-18
IN MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
HONOR ROLL 1917-18
BOYS FROM PERTH AMBOY WHO DIED IN SERVICE
(followed by 72 names in three columns)
Another plaque inscription on the base reads:
ARNESEN SQUARE
ROBERT “ARNE” ARNESEN
PEARL HARBOR CASUALTY
DIED DECEMBER 12, 1941
A shorter nearby stone has an affixed legend that reads:
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
In Honor of All War Veterans
(along with another plaque in memory of Robert “Arne” Arneson
that mentions a July 19 1997 rededication.)
DEDICATED
IN HONOR OF THE PATRIOTS
OF 1776-1813-1846-1861-1898
AND TO THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN 1917-18
IN MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY
HONOR ROLL 1917-18
BOYS FROM PERTH AMBOY WHO DIED IN SERVICE
(followed by 72 names in three columns)
Another plaque inscription on the base reads:
ARNESEN SQUARE
ROBERT “ARNE” ARNESEN
PEARL HARBOR CASUALTY
DIED DECEMBER 12, 1941
A shorter nearby stone has an affixed legend that reads:
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
In Honor of All War Veterans
(along with another plaque in memory of Robert “Arne” Arneson
that mentions a July 19 1997 rededication.)
Funded by public subscription, the Doughboy was dedicated November 11, 1930, originally on the corner of Amboy Avenue and Pfeiffer Boulevard. It was unveiled by a daughter of a veteran who had died of injuries received in the war, but is not named on the plaque. The statue was moved to its current site around 1979.
While the rifle sling and barbed wire are missing, the Doughboy is in outstanding condition, and might have been refurbished as recently as the 1997 rededication mentioned on one of the plaques.
While the rifle sling and barbed wire are missing, the Doughboy is in outstanding condition, and might have been refurbished as recently as the 1997 rededication mentioned on one of the plaques.
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