EUFAULA, ALABAMA
N 31° 53.583 / W 85° 8.5225
Copyright year unknown, stone or "marble", unsigned.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: AL000115.
Copyright year unknown, stone or "marble", unsigned.
Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: AL000115.
At the intersection of Broad Street and Orange Avenue.
The plaque reads:
ERECTED BY
THE SERVICE STAR LEGION
PORTER DOUGHTIE CHAPTER
TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRAFICE
1917 - WORLD WAR - 1918
(followed by five names)
LEST WE FORGET
ERECTED BY
THE SERVICE STAR LEGION
PORTER DOUGHTIE CHAPTER
TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRAFICE
1917 - WORLD WAR - 1918
(followed by five names)
LEST WE FORGET
This is one of five known stone designs similar to Viquesney's "Spirit of the American Doughboy" but which lacks the gas mask pouch, backpack, and canteen. They are all thought to have been made by McNeel Marble Company of Marietta, Georgia, and at least one was misrepresented as a Viquesney Doughboy in a sales pitch to the town of Clarksville, Tennessee.
According to research done by site visitor David Alsobrook, of Mobile, Alabama, the statue was dedicated Sunday, January 11, 1925, at 2:45 p.m. (source: January 16, 1925 Avondale Sun, page 3). Thus, many websites quoting a 1920 dedication year are incorrect. Also according to the news article, the rifle held by the Eufaula statue was described as a "Winchester", whereas the Viquesney versions hold a Springfield 1903.
According to research done by site visitor David Alsobrook, of Mobile, Alabama, the statue was dedicated Sunday, January 11, 1925, at 2:45 p.m. (source: January 16, 1925 Avondale Sun, page 3). Thus, many websites quoting a 1920 dedication year are incorrect. Also according to the news article, the rifle held by the Eufaula statue was described as a "Winchester", whereas the Viquesney versions hold a Springfield 1903.