 Photo: Kathie Plack, Herminie, Pennsylvania. |
The statue in the 1960s. Photo: Charles E. Logston.
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CROOKSVILLE, OHIO
N 39° 46.085 / W 082° 05.965
Copyright version 1920, sheet bronze.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260077.
Copyright version 1920, sheet bronze.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 47260077.
At the new Municipal Building, 98 South Buckeye Street.
The plaque on the front of the base reads:
OUR
HONORED CITIZENS
-------o------
THEY GAVE THEIR
LAST FULL MEASURE
OF DEVOTION
“BOYS OF ‘61”
“BOYS OF ‘98”
“BOYS OF ‘17”
“GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS.”
OUR
HONORED CITIZENS
-------o------
THEY GAVE THEIR
LAST FULL MEASURE
OF DEVOTION
“BOYS OF ‘61”
“BOYS OF ‘98”
“BOYS OF ‘17”
“GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS.”
Based on memories of Ned Watts, a junior high school student during the fundraising campaign headed by resident Minnie Cannon, and who attended the Armistice Day dedication ceremony in at the cemetery, the Doughboy is believed to have been dedicated November 11, 1922.
The ’61, ’98 and ’17 refer to the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and the World War.
There is a nearby monument to Crooksville’s fallen firefighters.
Doughboy Searchers Bill and Kathie Plack of Herminie, Pennsylvania, report that the statue was taken down to be refurbished around 2007. The missing bayonet is now replaced, but there is still no rifle sling. In the photos above, note that the statue's base was at some time cut off or set into the top of the pedestal. Also note that the base was once white but is now brick.
The dates it was moved from the cemetery to the past location at 22 China Street, and from there to its current location in front of the city's new Municipal Building have not been determined, though the last move occurred sometime after September, 2005.
The ’61, ’98 and ’17 refer to the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and the World War.
There is a nearby monument to Crooksville’s fallen firefighters.
Doughboy Searchers Bill and Kathie Plack of Herminie, Pennsylvania, report that the statue was taken down to be refurbished around 2007. The missing bayonet is now replaced, but there is still no rifle sling. In the photos above, note that the statue's base was at some time cut off or set into the top of the pedestal. Also note that the base was once white but is now brick.
The dates it was moved from the cemetery to the past location at 22 China Street, and from there to its current location in front of the city's new Municipal Building have not been determined, though the last move occurred sometime after September, 2005.
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