Scranton’s doughboy is a rarity on its last legs. His feet are cracked and his surface tarnished. And, the memorial to World War I soldiers is temporarily homeless because of a bridge project and no ...
The United States is observing this year as the 100th anniversary of its entering World War I. The Forum has carried several stories about it. Now, here's one concerning a North Dakota "doughboy," as ...
CHAMBERSBURG – One hundred fifty guardsmen camped at Wolf Lake this week 100 years ago. They had answered the call to fight in the Great War, known later as World War I. In less than a year Company C ...
A familiar Fox Valley face in is noticeably absent this weekend, but he won’t be gone for long. Appleton’s doughboy veteran statue on Memorial Drive was taken down for replacements on Saturday. The ...
The World War I doughboy statue in Scranton went from its pedestal at Duffy Park into a crate for storage while a new Harrison Avenue Bridge is built where the statue stood for 74 years. The statute ...
“Over the Top,” the WWI Doughboy statue at Elgin’s Memorial Park at Villa and Prairie street, has gotten some of his fighting equipment back. On Friday, the memorial’s bayonet was reattached to his ...
BAY CITY - On the centennial anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I, a 15-year-old Essexville resident unveiled the result of a $13,500 project to commemorate the 83 young men that Bay County ...
A modest crowd gathered in front of the Morton Grove Public Library to witness the rededication of one the village’s iconic statues following its restoration. The Morton Grove Historical Society, in ...
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Nearly 95 years after its unveiling in downtown Martinsburg, the World War I doughboy statue in downtown Martinsburg is on the move. Dedicated on Memorial Day in 1925 next to the ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) -One of the only remaining WWI doughboy monuments in the state is getting refurbished. WWI soldiers were called doughboys because of the way wet clay looked when it got on ...
APPLETON - Residents will see a new face on Memorial Drive by the time Veterans Day is celebrated in November. Last week, the "Spirit of the American Doughboy" statue was removed and taken to a ...
FORT BENNING, Ga., (Sept. 7, 2016) -- 1925, Doughboy Stadium and Gowdy Field were the center of social life on Fort Benning. Following WWI, the "war to end all wars," we were an Army focused on ...