All Wars Memorial, (sculpture).

All Wars Memorial, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

All Wars Memorial, (sculpture).

Doughboy, (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick and concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 10 in.

(Upper plaque on front of base:) THIS TABLET/IS TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY/OF THE FOLLOWING/SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION/(two columns of twelve names)/SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812/SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR/BELLEFONTE CHAPTER D. A. R. (Lower plaque on front of base:) THE GREAT WORLD WAR/1917 TO 1918/BOYS OF MILESBURG AND BOGGS TOWNSHIP/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE GREAT WORLD WAR/IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE/SUPREME SACRIFICE; IN HONOR OF THOSE/WHO SERVED THIS TABLET IS ERECTED./(three columns of 84 names)/ARMY OF OCCUPATION/JOHN E. BAIRD, PRIVATE

(Plaque on back of base:) KOREAN WAR/1950 - 1955/(five military emblems)/WE HONOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN/OF OUR NATION WHO SERVED/WITH DIGNITY AND DEDICATION./THE ROAD WAS LONG AND HARD, THE/BATTLES FIERCE YOUR BRAVERY/IS UNQUESTIONED. THE LIVES OF/THOSE WHO DIED WERE SACRIFICED/TO CARRY ON THE HOPES AND DREAMS/OF ALL FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE./WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT FORGET

(Upper plaque on one side of base:) SPANISH AMERICAN WAR/1898/BATTLESHIP MAINE SUNK IN HAVANA/HARBOR, CUBA, FEBRUARY 15 TH, 1898/(list of thirteen names)/CO. B, 5 TH REGT. OF INFANTRY,/PENNSYLVANIA VOL., 1ST. BRIGADE,/3RD. DIVISION, 1ST. ARMY CORPS,/PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION/1899/FRED FREEZE, PRIVATE/JAMES G. GRAFMYER, PRIVATE/ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN CUBA/EDWARD T. JOHNSON, BAND/JAMES FRANKS, BAND (Lower plaque on one side of base:) VIETNAM CONFLICT/1959 - 1975/(five military emblems)/IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED./TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGE,/SACRIFICE, AND DEVOTION/TO DUTY, OF THOSE MEN/AND WOMEN WHO WERE AMONG/THE NATIONS FINEST.

(Upper plaque on other side of base:) OUR GREAT CIVIL WAR/1861 TO 1865/FORT SUMTER TO APPOMATTOX/IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SO NOBLY/DEFENDED THIS NATION TO KEEP IT WHOLE./WHEN THE GREAT LINCOLN REVIEWED/THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS IN/WASHINGTON, D.C., HE EXCLAIMED: GOD/BLESS THE PENNSYLVANIANS, GOD BLESS THEIR LOYAL GOVERNOR./THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE, NOR/LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE,/BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY/DID HERE./ABRAHAM LINCOLN/GETTYSBURG (Lower plaque on other side of base:) WORLD WAR II/1941 - 1945/(five military emblems)/IN RECOGNITION OF/THOSE WHO SERVED HONORABLY/AND UNSELFISHLY IN DEFENSE/OF OUR COUNTRY./TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME/SACRIFICE YOU HAVE NOT DIED/IN VAIN, OUR NATION IS/INDEBTED TO YOU. unsigned

A doughboy stands holding his gun in front of him with both hands, proper right over proper left. The butt of the gun is on the ground in front of his feet. He wears a helmet, and carries a knapsack with a bedroll on his back. The sculpture is mounted on a base consisting of an upper, rectangular brick section and a lower, tiered, concrete section. The sculpture is placed in the center of a traffic circle.

History -- United States -- Revolution

History -- United States -- War of 1812

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- Philippine Insurrection

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Milesburg

Administered by Borough of Milesburg, P. O. Box 518, Milesburg, Pennsylvania 16853

Located Route 144 at Turnpike Street, Milesburg, Pennsylvania

The memorial is dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. IAS files contain transcriptions of names on plaques.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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