The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
- Welcome / Contact
- Introduction
- Site Map
- "The Spirit of the American Doughboy"
- "E. M. Viquesney, Sculptor"
- The Doughboy War: Viquesney vs. John Paulding
- "Our Mr. Wesley"
- Currently Known Viquesney Doughboy Locations
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- The Cast Zinc Doughboys
- The Stone Doughboys
- Possible Viquesney Doughboys
- Joseph Nicolosi's Doughboy
- Misidentifications and Bogus Locations
- Viquesney Doughboy Dedication Dates
- Repair, Restoration, and Conservation
- Viquesney Doughboy Myths
- The Miniature Doughboys
- Miniature Doughboy FAQs
- Grandma Quater's "American Doughboy Art Lamp"
- Other Works by E. M. Viquesney
- 1913: Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Wichita, Kansas
- 1920: New-Type Burial Vault
- 1922: The United States Infantry Association Trophy
- 1923: The "Imp-O-Luck"
- 1924: Viquesney's Version of "Over the Top"
- 1925: The Viquesney Building
- 1927: "The Spirit of the American Navy"
- 1927: "The Spirit of the Skies"
- 1928: The Tivoli Theatre
- 1930: "Zero Hour"
- 1934: "The Unveiling"
- 1936: "Resting Doughboy"
- 1936: "The Spirit of America" / "The Spirit of the Flag"
- 1938 - '39: "Lincoln as an Indiana Boy"
- Copies, Derivatives, and Rip-offs
- 1939: The Viquesney Pavilion
- 1940: "Creation"
- 1942: "Remember Pearl Harbor"
- 1942: "The Yanks Again" Series
- 1943: "The Spirit of the Fighting Yank">
- 1946: "Comrades", Viquesney's Last Piece
- "And So the Scene Closes"
- Epilogue
- Viquesney Document Archive
- Viquesney Family on Find A Grave Website
- Other Viquesney Doughboy Search Sites
- Credits / Acknowledgements
Photo: Chris Gerrib, Republic National Bank.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
N 41° 59.857 / W 87° 41.892
Copyright 1943, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: IL000466.
Copyright 1943, cast zinc.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: IL000466.
In front of Republic National Bank, 2720 West Devon Avenue.
The plaque reads:
LEST WE FORGET
THEY DIED. . . . . .
THAT WE CAN LIVE
IN INDEPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCE HALL
DEDICATED MAY 30, 1958
PRESENTED AND CREATED BY
HARRY A. COOPER
LEST WE FORGET
THEY DIED. . . . . .
THAT WE CAN LIVE
IN INDEPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCE HALL
DEDICATED MAY 30, 1958
PRESENTED AND CREATED BY
HARRY A. COOPER
The back of the base bears the name of E.M. Viquesney, Spencer, Indiana, and the copyright date. This is the last original Viquesney war memorial dedicated.
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