Nashville in Berrien County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
"Spirit of the American Doughboy"
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 9, 2021
1. "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Marker
Inscription.
"Spirit of the American Doughboy". . Following the United States' entry into World War I (1917-1918), more than 100,000 Georgians were involved in the war effort, with the state suffering over 1,000 casualties. The rural community of Berrien County experienced an extraordinary high rate of loss, particularly in the 1918 sinking of the troopship HMS Otranto, the greatest maritime disaster of the war. Answering President Woodrow Wilson's call to honor those who died in the war, Berrien County commissioned the first Doughboy statue sculpted by Americus, Georgia resident Ernest Moore Viquesney. Completed in 1921, the statue was unveiled in 1923 when the community raised the funds to acquire and install it. Known as "The Spirit of the American Doughboy," the design was replicated all over the country to memorialize soldiers lost during World War I.
Following the United States' entry into World War I (1917-1918), more than 100,000 Georgians were involved in the war effort, with the state suffering over 1,000 casualties. The rural community of Berrien County experienced an extraordinary high rate of loss, particularly in the 1918 sinking of the troopship HMS Otranto, the greatest maritime disaster of the war. Answering President Woodrow Wilson's call to honor those who died in the war, Berrien County commissioned the first Doughboy statue sculpted by Americus, Georgia resident Ernest Moore Viquesney. Completed in 1921, the statue was unveiled in 1923 when the community raised the funds to acquire and install it. Known as "The Spirit of the American Doughboy," the design was replicated all over the country to memorialize soldiers lost during World War I.
Erected 2021 by Georgia Historical Society and the Berrien Historical Foundation. (Marker Number 10-1.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.
Location. 31° 12.418′ N, 83° 14.997′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Georgia, in Berrien
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County. It is at the intersection of North Davis Street (U.S. 129) and West Marion Avenue, on the left when traveling south on North Davis Street. Marker is located in the courthouse square near the statue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 North Davis Street, Nashville GA 31639, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Wiregrass. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Also see . . . Nashville Doughboy Statue. (Submitted on June 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 9, 2021
3. "Spirit of the American Doughboy" and Marker
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 9, 2021
4. "Spirit of the American Doughboy"
Credits. This page was last revised on June 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 372 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 11, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
