Vernon in Wilbarger County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Wilbarger County WWI Memorial
Spirit of the American Doughboy
— Wilbarger County Remembers —
Front
Remembers
This memorial is lovingly
dedicated December 5, 1926
to her valiant sons 1917 — 1918.
We hold them in our grateful
hearts with reverence and
honor forever.
Albert E. Robinson
Grady Miller
Carl Streit
Dewey Lyons
Charles S. McDonald
Robert C. Williams
Malcolm Brooks
Jesse Ashley
Milton Batchelor
George Moseley
M. D. Owen
J. E. Davidson
James W. Findley
Paul Schur
Ernest E. Lewis
Roy B. McClure
"Spirit of the American Doughboy"
Ernest M. Viquesney, Sculptor
Americus, Georgia
Rededicated Nov. 11, 2011
Doughboy Restoration Committee
Larry Souza, Chairman
Jack Stevens, Sculptor
Smithsonian Art Inventory TX001005
Erected 1926 by Wilbarger County.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Spirit of the American Doughboy - E. M. Viquesney series list.
Location. 34° 9.18′ N, 99° 17.054′ W. Marker is in Vernon, Texas, in Wilbarger County. Memorial is at the intersection of Main Street (Business U.S. 183) and Wilbarger Street (Highway 287), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Located on the lawn of the Wilbarger County Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1700 Wilbarger Street, Vernon TX 76384, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Early Wilbarger County (here, next to this marker); Napoleon 12 Pounder Bronze Field Gun Model 1857 (here, next to this marker); Vernon Texas Confederate Monument (here, next to this marker); Vernon Drugstore (within shouting distance of this marker); Thaddeus Edgar Johnson (approx. 0.2 miles away); W. D. Berry Home (approx. half a mile away); Waggoner-Hicks House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wilbarger County (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vernon.
More about this memorial. Originally sculpted/erected in 1926. Restoration and rededication in 2011.
Also see . . . The E.M. Viquesney Doughboy Database for Vernon Texas Statue. (Submitted on September 11, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2017. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 369 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 11, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.