The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
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- The Cast Zinc Doughboys
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- 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
Spirit of the American Doughboy
Arrival / Dedication Dates
1921:
June 7 – Campus of Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina (replaced by new casting in 2004 – original now at History Museum of Upland South Carolina in Greenville) – actually the second Doughboy made.
July/August – Nashville, Georgia (placed 1921, but not unveiled until late 1923) – actually the first "Spirit of the American Doughboy" manufactured
September 28 – Hartford City, Indiana
November 11 – Americus, Georgia (where Viquesney created the Doughboy)
November 11 – Nashville, North Carolina
1922:
May 30 – Anniston, Alabama
May 30 – Colorado Springs, Colorado (May 30 is est.)
May 30 – Dover, New Jersey
May (30?) – Hiawatha, Utah (moved to Price, Utah in 1989)
November 11 – Alton, Illinois
November 11 – Bessemer, Alabama
November 11 – Crooksville, Ohio (date is correct, year is est.)
November 22 – Lexington, Missouri (campus of Wentworth Military Academy – dedicated June 10, 1923)
1923:
January 19 – Monticello, Kentucky (dedicated April 8)
May 4 – Oakley, Kansas
May 30 – Payette, Idaho
May 30 – Crisfield, Maryland
May 30 – Rock Springs, Wyoming
June 10 – Egypt, Pennsylvania
September 3 – Roselle Park, New Jersey
November 11 – Birmingham, Alabama
November 11 – Fort Benton, Montana
November 11 – Scottdale, Pennsylvania
November 11 – Tatamy, Pennsylvania
November 11 – St. Albans, Vermont
November 11 – Philippi, West Virginia
November 12 – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
November 26 – Henryetta, Oklahoma (dedicated July 4, 1925)
Unknown – Charlotte, North Carolina (est. year)
1924:
May 30 – Columbia, Illinois
August 16 – Fair Haven, New Jersey
November 11 – Vernal, Utah
1925:
May 30 – Indiana, Pennsylvania (had been in Indiana for some time prior to dedication)
May 31 – Axtell, Kansas
July 4 – St. Bernard (Cincinnati), Ohio (has Rylander copyright plate)
September 5 – Muskogee, Oklahoma (has Rylander copyright plate)
November 11 – Hobart, Indiana
November 11 – Bolivar, Missouri (has Rylander copyright plate)
November 11 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania (had been in Lancaster nearly a year)
1926:
March [day unknown] – Chicago, Illinois – Garfield Park
May 31 – Naperville, Illinois
May 31 – Castile, New York
July 4 – Aberdeen, Washington
July 5 – Swanton, Ohio
November 12 – Sedalia, Missouri (has Rylander copyright plate)
December 5 – Vernon, Texas
Unknown – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Unknown – Lufkin, Texas
Unknown – Mt. Pleasant, Utah
Unknown – Janesville, Wisconsin
1927:
May 28 – Emmitsburg, Maryland
May 29 – Lincoln, Maine (ground broken November 15, 1926)
May 29 – Spencer, Indiana (where Viquesney was born, died, and is buried)
May 30 – Beaver, Utah
July 7 – Forest City, Pennsylvania
July 10 – Helena, Arkansas
September 6 – Herrin, Illinois
October 16 – Woodville, Ohio
November 11 – Clearwater, Florida (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
November 11 – Palatka, Florida (two Viquesney Doughboys, one "Spirit of the American Navy", and one Doughboy that may or may not be by Viquesney)
November 11 – Chicago, Illinois – Lincoln Park (no longer there)
November 11 – Attica, Indiana
November 11 – Greencastle, Indiana
November 11 – Meridian, Mississippi
November 11 – Matawan, New Jersey
November 11 – Fostoria, Ohio
November 13 – West Bend, Wisconsin
Unknown – Secaucus, New Jersey
1928:
May 27 – Wichita Falls, Texas
May 30 – Kingman, Arizona (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
May 30 – Griffin, Georgia
May 31 – Bethel, Connecticut
July 4 – North Canaan, Connecticut (July 4 is est.)
November 11 – Evansville, Indiana
November 11 – Winchester, Indiana
November 11 – Kalispell, Montana (moved to Columbia Falls, Montana in 1972)
November 11 – Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
November 11 – Canyon, Texas
November 11 – Petersburg, Virginia
November 11 – Logan, West Virginia
November 12 – Fort Wayne, Indiana (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
1929:
May 19 – Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
May 30 – near Granite, Oklahoma (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
May 30 – near Hobart, Oklahoma (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
June 22 – Newark, Ohio
August 25 – New Castle, Indiana
November 11 – Morehead, Kentucky (base was placed November 11, 1919, Doughboy added 10 years later)
November 11 – Winchester, Kentucky
November 11 – New Philadelphia, Ohio
November 11 – Groesbeck, Texas
November 17 – Fort Worth, Texas
1930:
May 4 – Madison, Georgia (stone)
May 30 – Belmar, New Jersey
July 4 – Fort Smith, Arkansas
November 11 – Peru, Indiana
November 11 – Parsons, Kansas (stone)
November 11 – Harlan, Kentucky
November 11 – St. Joseph, Michigan
November 11 – Perth Amboy, New Jersey
November 11 – Columbia (Olympia), South Carolina
November 11 – Enosburg Falls, Vermont
1931:
May 30 – Mechanicsville, Iowa
May 30 – Gallipolis, Ohio
November 11 – Wheeling, West Virginia
1932:
November 11 – Crowell, Texas (with companion stone "Spirit of The American Navy")
1933:
None dedicated (Viquesney recopyrighted his Doughboy design the next year)
1934:
April 21 – Trion (Summerville), Georgia
June 24 – Mason City, Iowa
November 11 – Akron, Ohio
November 11 – Anderson, South Carolina
November 11 – Appleton, Wisconsin
November 30 – Zanesville, Ohio (has November 29 engraved, delayed for Thanksgiving)
1935:
June 29 – Bullhead, South Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux Reservation)
November 11 – Waycross, Georgia
November 11 – Grayson, Kentucky (est. date)
November 11 – Liberty, Kentucky (replaced in 1983)
November 11 – Johnson City, Tennessee
1936:
May 30 – Peshtigo, Wisconsin
November 11 – Marion, Ohio (arrived 1932, plaque dedicated Oct. 3, 1933)
November 11 – Jamestown, Kentucky
November 11 – New Braunfels, Texas
1937:
None dedicated
1938:
May 30 – Sinton, Texas
November 11 – Madison, West Virginia (stone)
1939:
July 4, 1939 – Oil City, Pennsylvania (dedication delayed from date on plaque)
August 13 – Muncie, Indiana (had been in Muncie a while)
November 11 – Harrison, New York
1940:
May 30 – Scranton, Pennsylvania
September 15 – Winchendon, Massachusetts
1941:
May 30 – Omaha, Nebraska (no longer there – vandalized in 1942 and missing altogether by 1959)
May 31 – Berkley, Michigan
November 11 – Warren, Ohio
1942:
May 30 – New Ulm, Minnesota
1943:
None dedicated (Verona, Pennsylvania arrived June 10, 1943, dedication delayed until September 13, 1952)
1944:
None dedicated
1945:
None dedicated
1946:
Unknown – Markesan, Wisconsin (believed to have been obtained from another, unidentified town)
---------Rededications (and dedications of replicas made after Viquesney’s lifetime)---------
1952:
September 13 – Verona, Pennsylvania (See 1943)
1972:
Unknown – Columbia Falls, Montana (moved from Kalispell, Montana)
1983:
November 11 – Liberty, Kentucky (replacement of original that had been destroyed by a utility truck)
1989:
November 10 – Price, Utah (moved from Hiawatha, Utah)
1995:
October 9 – New Ulm, Minnesota (replacement of original that had been destroyed)
1998:
May 25 – Sarasota, Florida (cast using molds from Clearwater, Florida, Doughboy)
2002:
November 11 – Columbia, South Carolina (cast using molds from Clearwater, Florida Doughboy)
2003:
September 27 – Rededication of Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois Doughboy at Soldier Field.
2004:
November 11 – Greenville, South Carolina (on campus of Furman University) (a new cast Doughboy made to replace the original that was donated to Greenville’s History Museum of Upcountry South Carolina)
2006:
November 10 – Clearwater, Florida (a rededication of the refurbished Doughboy and Sailor)
November 11 – Appleton, Wisconsin (a rededication of the refurbished Doughboy)
November 11 – Belmar, New Jersey (a rededication of the refurbished Doughboy)
2007:
(Unknown) – The Markesan, Wisconsin Doughboy was moved to Grand River Memorial Park next to grounds of Markesan Resident Home.
2008:
November 11 – (Rededication of Jamestown, Kentucky replacement Doughboy)
2009:
(Unknown – summer) – The Markesan, Wisconsin refurbished Doughboy was rededicated in Grand River Memorial Park next to grounds of Markesan Resident Home.
2010:
July 3 – Return to pedestal and rededication of repaired Winchester, Kentucky Doughboy which blew over in a windstorm.
2011:
November 11 – Anderson, South Carolina, vandalized cast zinc original replaced with cast bronze copy and rededicated.
Vernon, Texas – November 11 rededication of restored original.
Unknown dates:
Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio (George F. Yostel copy made from Viquesney molds, probably after 1935)
Cherokee, Oklahoma (est. 1927-1930)
Pikeville, Kentucky (est. 1930-1933)
Vestal, New York (Possible George F. Yostel copy made from Viquesney molds, probably after 1934)
June 7 – Campus of Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina (replaced by new casting in 2004 – original now at History Museum of Upland South Carolina in Greenville) – actually the second Doughboy made.
July/August – Nashville, Georgia (placed 1921, but not unveiled until late 1923) – actually the first "Spirit of the American Doughboy" manufactured
September 28 – Hartford City, Indiana
November 11 – Americus, Georgia (where Viquesney created the Doughboy)
November 11 – Nashville, North Carolina
1922:
May 30 – Anniston, Alabama
May 30 – Colorado Springs, Colorado (May 30 is est.)
May 30 – Dover, New Jersey
May (30?) – Hiawatha, Utah (moved to Price, Utah in 1989)
November 11 – Alton, Illinois
November 11 – Bessemer, Alabama
November 11 – Crooksville, Ohio (date is correct, year is est.)
November 22 – Lexington, Missouri (campus of Wentworth Military Academy – dedicated June 10, 1923)
1923:
January 19 – Monticello, Kentucky (dedicated April 8)
May 4 – Oakley, Kansas
May 30 – Payette, Idaho
May 30 – Crisfield, Maryland
May 30 – Rock Springs, Wyoming
June 10 – Egypt, Pennsylvania
September 3 – Roselle Park, New Jersey
November 11 – Birmingham, Alabama
November 11 – Fort Benton, Montana
November 11 – Scottdale, Pennsylvania
November 11 – Tatamy, Pennsylvania
November 11 – St. Albans, Vermont
November 11 – Philippi, West Virginia
November 12 – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
November 26 – Henryetta, Oklahoma (dedicated July 4, 1925)
Unknown – Charlotte, North Carolina (est. year)
1924:
May 30 – Columbia, Illinois
August 16 – Fair Haven, New Jersey
November 11 – Vernal, Utah
1925:
May 30 – Indiana, Pennsylvania (had been in Indiana for some time prior to dedication)
May 31 – Axtell, Kansas
July 4 – St. Bernard (Cincinnati), Ohio (has Rylander copyright plate)
September 5 – Muskogee, Oklahoma (has Rylander copyright plate)
November 11 – Hobart, Indiana
November 11 – Bolivar, Missouri (has Rylander copyright plate)
November 11 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania (had been in Lancaster nearly a year)
1926:
March [day unknown] – Chicago, Illinois – Garfield Park
May 31 – Naperville, Illinois
May 31 – Castile, New York
July 4 – Aberdeen, Washington
July 5 – Swanton, Ohio
November 12 – Sedalia, Missouri (has Rylander copyright plate)
December 5 – Vernon, Texas
Unknown – Frenchtown, New Jersey
Unknown – Lufkin, Texas
Unknown – Mt. Pleasant, Utah
Unknown – Janesville, Wisconsin
1927:
May 28 – Emmitsburg, Maryland
May 29 – Lincoln, Maine (ground broken November 15, 1926)
May 29 – Spencer, Indiana (where Viquesney was born, died, and is buried)
May 30 – Beaver, Utah
July 7 – Forest City, Pennsylvania
July 10 – Helena, Arkansas
September 6 – Herrin, Illinois
October 16 – Woodville, Ohio
November 11 – Clearwater, Florida (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
November 11 – Palatka, Florida (two Viquesney Doughboys, one "Spirit of the American Navy", and one Doughboy that may or may not be by Viquesney)
November 11 – Chicago, Illinois – Lincoln Park (no longer there)
November 11 – Attica, Indiana
November 11 – Greencastle, Indiana
November 11 – Meridian, Mississippi
November 11 – Matawan, New Jersey
November 11 – Fostoria, Ohio
November 13 – West Bend, Wisconsin
Unknown – Secaucus, New Jersey
1928:
May 27 – Wichita Falls, Texas
May 30 – Kingman, Arizona (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
May 30 – Griffin, Georgia
May 31 – Bethel, Connecticut
July 4 – North Canaan, Connecticut (July 4 is est.)
November 11 – Evansville, Indiana
November 11 – Winchester, Indiana
November 11 – Kalispell, Montana (moved to Columbia Falls, Montana in 1972)
November 11 – Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
November 11 – Canyon, Texas
November 11 – Petersburg, Virginia
November 11 – Logan, West Virginia
November 12 – Fort Wayne, Indiana (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
1929:
May 19 – Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
May 30 – near Granite, Oklahoma (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
May 30 – near Hobart, Oklahoma (with companion "Spirit of The American Navy")
June 22 – Newark, Ohio
August 25 – New Castle, Indiana
November 11 – Morehead, Kentucky (base was placed November 11, 1919, Doughboy added 10 years later)
November 11 – Winchester, Kentucky
November 11 – New Philadelphia, Ohio
November 11 – Groesbeck, Texas
November 17 – Fort Worth, Texas
1930:
May 4 – Madison, Georgia (stone)
May 30 – Belmar, New Jersey
July 4 – Fort Smith, Arkansas
November 11 – Peru, Indiana
November 11 – Parsons, Kansas (stone)
November 11 – Harlan, Kentucky
November 11 – St. Joseph, Michigan
November 11 – Perth Amboy, New Jersey
November 11 – Columbia (Olympia), South Carolina
November 11 – Enosburg Falls, Vermont
1931:
May 30 – Mechanicsville, Iowa
May 30 – Gallipolis, Ohio
November 11 – Wheeling, West Virginia
1932:
November 11 – Crowell, Texas (with companion stone "Spirit of The American Navy")
1933:
None dedicated (Viquesney recopyrighted his Doughboy design the next year)
1934:
April 21 – Trion (Summerville), Georgia
June 24 – Mason City, Iowa
November 11 – Akron, Ohio
November 11 – Anderson, South Carolina
November 11 – Appleton, Wisconsin
November 30 – Zanesville, Ohio (has November 29 engraved, delayed for Thanksgiving)
1935:
June 29 – Bullhead, South Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux Reservation)
November 11 – Waycross, Georgia
November 11 – Grayson, Kentucky (est. date)
November 11 – Liberty, Kentucky (replaced in 1983)
November 11 – Johnson City, Tennessee
1936:
May 30 – Peshtigo, Wisconsin
November 11 – Marion, Ohio (arrived 1932, plaque dedicated Oct. 3, 1933)
November 11 – Jamestown, Kentucky
November 11 – New Braunfels, Texas
1937:
None dedicated
1938:
May 30 – Sinton, Texas
November 11 – Madison, West Virginia (stone)
1939:
July 4, 1939 – Oil City, Pennsylvania (dedication delayed from date on plaque)
August 13 – Muncie, Indiana (had been in Muncie a while)
November 11 – Harrison, New York
1940:
May 30 – Scranton, Pennsylvania
September 15 – Winchendon, Massachusetts
1941:
May 30 – Omaha, Nebraska (no longer there – vandalized in 1942 and missing altogether by 1959)
May 31 – Berkley, Michigan
November 11 – Warren, Ohio
1942:
May 30 – New Ulm, Minnesota
1943:
None dedicated (Verona, Pennsylvania arrived June 10, 1943, dedication delayed until September 13, 1952)
1944:
None dedicated
1945:
None dedicated
1946:
Unknown – Markesan, Wisconsin (believed to have been obtained from another, unidentified town)
---------Rededications (and dedications of replicas made after Viquesney’s lifetime)---------
1952:
September 13 – Verona, Pennsylvania (See 1943)
1972:
Unknown – Columbia Falls, Montana (moved from Kalispell, Montana)
1983:
November 11 – Liberty, Kentucky (replacement of original that had been destroyed by a utility truck)
1989:
November 10 – Price, Utah (moved from Hiawatha, Utah)
1995:
October 9 – New Ulm, Minnesota (replacement of original that had been destroyed)
1998:
May 25 – Sarasota, Florida (cast using molds from Clearwater, Florida, Doughboy)
2002:
November 11 – Columbia, South Carolina (cast using molds from Clearwater, Florida Doughboy)
2003:
September 27 – Rededication of Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois Doughboy at Soldier Field.
2004:
November 11 – Greenville, South Carolina (on campus of Furman University) (a new cast Doughboy made to replace the original that was donated to Greenville’s History Museum of Upcountry South Carolina)
2006:
November 10 – Clearwater, Florida (a rededication of the refurbished Doughboy and Sailor)
November 11 – Appleton, Wisconsin (a rededication of the refurbished Doughboy)
November 11 – Belmar, New Jersey (a rededication of the refurbished Doughboy)
2007:
(Unknown) – The Markesan, Wisconsin Doughboy was moved to Grand River Memorial Park next to grounds of Markesan Resident Home.
2008:
November 11 – (Rededication of Jamestown, Kentucky replacement Doughboy)
2009:
(Unknown – summer) – The Markesan, Wisconsin refurbished Doughboy was rededicated in Grand River Memorial Park next to grounds of Markesan Resident Home.
2010:
July 3 – Return to pedestal and rededication of repaired Winchester, Kentucky Doughboy which blew over in a windstorm.
2011:
November 11 – Anderson, South Carolina, vandalized cast zinc original replaced with cast bronze copy and rededicated.
Vernon, Texas – November 11 rededication of restored original.
Unknown dates:
Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio (George F. Yostel copy made from Viquesney molds, probably after 1935)
Cherokee, Oklahoma (est. 1927-1930)
Pikeville, Kentucky (est. 1930-1933)
Vestal, New York (Possible George F. Yostel copy made from Viquesney molds, probably after 1934)
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