The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
Photo: Phil Cheney, Petersburg, Virginia.
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
N 37° 12.734 / W 077° 23.850
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260119.
Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260119.
In triangular shaped island on South Sycamore Street at the intersection of North Boulevard in the Walnut Hills residential neighborhood.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
LEST - WE - FORGET
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THIS MONUMENT IS PRESENTED TO
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG
BY
PETERSBURG POST NO. 2
THE AMERICAN LEGION
AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO OUR COMRADES WHO MARCHED
OUT WITH US DURING THE WORLD
WAR AND DID NOT COME BACK
NOVEMBER 11TH, 1928
LEST - WE - FORGET
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THIS MONUMENT IS PRESENTED TO
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG
BY
PETERSBURG POST NO. 2
THE AMERICAN LEGION
AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO OUR COMRADES WHO MARCHED
OUT WITH US DURING THE WORLD
WAR AND DID NOT COME BACK
NOVEMBER 11TH, 1928
An early photo of the Petersburg Doughboy.
The copper-colored Doughboy was restored in about 1997 and is in very good condition. The monument is flooded with ground lighting at night.
Petersburg was the site of many Civil War battle engagements and a very important strategic location in that war. The city has many Civil War monuments and historical places.
The old photo at left shows a differing position of the rifle, pointed slightly upward. The rifle now bends slightly downward.
Petersburg was the site of many Civil War battle engagements and a very important strategic location in that war. The city has many Civil War monuments and historical places.
The old photo at left shows a differing position of the rifle, pointed slightly upward. The rifle now bends slightly downward.
The copper-colored Doughboy was restored in about 1997 and is in very good condition. The monument is flooded with ground lighting at night.
Petersburg was the site of many Civil War battle engagements and a very important strategic location in that war. The city has many Civil War monuments and historical places.
Petersburg was the site of many Civil War battle engagements and a very important strategic location in that war. The city has many Civil War monuments and historical places.
