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WORLD WAR I DOUGHBOY STATUE IS UP FOR A MOVE
Nearly 70 years ago, the good citizens of Tavares dedicated a monument in memory of their community’s servicemen and women of World War I ... think the doughboy in Tavares was one of about ...
Military.com3y
The World War I Memorial Has a Doughboy in Full Uniform Playing 'Taps' Every Night
A World War I-era soldier -- not a real one, of course, the last veteran of ... is a joint effort by two nonprofit organizations: the Doughboy Foundation-- named after the nickname given to ...
The Conversation8mon
A Soldier’s Journey: new first world war memorial in Washington revitalises classic image of the ‘American doughboy’
But in the US, despite having a culture of venerating veterans, the first world war is notoriously a “forgotten” war. It tends to be overshadowed by the civil war on one side, and the second ...
Smithsonian Magazine14y
The Last Doughboy of World War I
At age 107, Frank Buckles proudly wears the French Legion of Honor medal, one of many honors ... sunny reading room filled with World War I artifacts—including his doughboy's cap, letters ...
Smithsonian Magazine8mon
The Sprawling Sculpture at the Center of the National World War I Memorial Has Been Unveiled in Washington, D.C.
In one, a “doughboy”—the nickname for American World War I soldiers—takes his helmet from his daughter. In another, a pair of soldiers tend to a fallen comrade. The experience of walking ...
NPR8mon
A new sculpture takes its place at the national World War I Memorial in D.C.
It features 38 human figures meant to tell the story of a single “doughboy” — a nickname used for American World War I soldiers — as he leaves home, witnesses death and destruction on the ...
NBC News18y
88 years after his death, WWI vet laid to rest
one doughboy was little more than a name chiseled on a limestone wall in a memorial chapel in northern France. Pvt. Francis Lupo was one of the 116,000 Americans killed in World War I. Only 23 ...
The National Interest4y
Doughboy Battledress: The U.S. Army’s Uniform Of the Great War
Here’s What You Need to Know: When it came to equipment and accouterments in World War I, Americans led the ... It helped the “Doughboy” officers earn respect with their European ...
Washingtonian8mon
The National World War I Memorial Is Finally Finished
As the sun sets on Friday, September 13, the World War I Centennial Commission and the Doughboy Foundation are officially unveiling “A Soldier’s Journey,” a 25-ton bronze centerpiece for the World War ...
WSIL News 34d
Herrin community to honor fallen soldiers at Doughboy Memorial Day event
The Herrin community will gather for a solemn Memorial Service on May 26 at the World War I Doughboy Memorial. The event is ...
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World War I Doughboy statue topples to the ground in Petersburg
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A World War I Doughboy memorial in Petersburg was toppled to the ground sometime between the late night hours on Saturday and the early hours on Sunday. The statue ...