The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
Photo: David Ewing, Belmont, NC.
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA
N 35° 14.460 / W 081° 02.519
Copyright 1943, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.
Copyright 1943, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.
In Front of Belmont Middle School.
The inscription on the pedestal reads:
ERECTED IN HONOR OF
ALL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
AND DEDICATED TO
THE LASTING MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
ERECTED IN HONOR OF
ALL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
AND DEDICATED TO
THE LASTING MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
Dedicated November 1946. The statue is missing its Tommy-gun and is in need of treatment. This is probably the first Viquesney public monument dedicated after his October, 1946 death.
Photo: David Ewing, Belmont, North Carolina.
Update: Sometime during the night of July 23 or early morning July 24, 2011, the statue was nearly destroyed by vandals.
Update: February 10, 2012: Three men were arrested and charged in connection with the case.
Update: February 10, 2012: Three men were arrested and charged in connection with the case.
