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Spirit of the American Navy

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Spirit of the American Navy was a World War I monument created by sculptor E. M. Viquesney in 1927. It was intended to be a companion piece to his very popular, Spirit of the American Doughboy, but never attained that stature, occurring in only seven known locations, with an eighth held in private ownership.

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Editions

  • Memorial Park Bridge, Palatka, Florida 1927 (variant version holding artillery shell instead of waving cap)
  • Clearwater Memorial Causeway Park, Clearwater, Florida 1927
  • Mohave County Courthouse, Kingman, Arizona 1928
  • Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1928
  • Granite, Oklahoma, 1929
  • Hobart, Oklahoma 1929
  • Crowell, Texas 1932 (stone version)
  • Naperville, Illinois; purchased from a private owner in Pentwater, Michigan in 2013, with a plan to install the piece in Burlington Square Park when sufficient funds have been raised.

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    Spirit of the American Navy Wikipedia
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