GC3XQM1 The Spirit of the American Doughboy (Traditional Cache) in Arkansas, United States created by VBCF

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Chuck Walla: Greetings from your Community Volunteer Reviewer,

Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache, nor did you post a note to your cache page telling me and others of your intention to address the issue with it, the cache has been archived.

Some time ago, I posted a note to your cache page requesting a response from you to post what you were planning to do with the cache on the page and to send me a note. I have no record of a response, and no response tells me that you are not planning on replacing or repairing this cache. If I am wrong with that assumption, please let me know promptly. I can always unarchive the cache for you, if needed, if it has been less than 3 months since it was archived.

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Hidden : 10/12/2012

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Geocache Description:

We placed this cache with the intention of bringing you out to see pieces of local history you have probably seen but possibly didn't know much about.

This is not a difficult hide just an easy hanger and is on the 57 mm cannon, you will not need to disturb any of the landscaping or search on the monument around GZ to make the find.This cache is log only so bring your pen, please let me know of any problems and happy hunting.
***Cache placed with permission from the American Legion Post No. 31***

Secondgunman/CAKnowles CO FTF

This particular cannon is a 57mm M1A3 with carriage or 6 pounder, it was built by the International Harvester Co.Chicago Ill. in 1943. The United States Army adopted the 6 pounder as their primary anti-tank gun as well as the main armament for a number of armored fighting vehicles. It was first used in North Africa in April 1942, and quickly replaced the 2 pounder in the anti-tank role, allowing it to revert to its intended artillery role.

"Spirit of the American Doughboy" is a pressed copper sculpture by Ernest Moore Viquesney, designed to honor the veterans and casualties of World War I. Mass produced during the 1920s and 1930s for communities throughout the United States, the statue's design was the most popular of its kind. Viquesney devoted two years to perfecting what was to become his trademark. During this time he interviewed scores of World War I veterans, studied hundreds of photographs, and used two soldiers as live models. The finished product, completed in 1920, was a statue described by the Helena World as "the only true representation of the real Doughboy and his indomitable spirit." Viquesney's Doughboy monument, which was named the official World War I National Memorial, became extremely popular and was erected by towns across America until the late 1930s.

The statue depicts a doughboy walking through shattered tree stumps strung with barbed wire, his rifle in his left hand and his right hand held high above his head, clutching a hand grenade. The aggressive design and affordability of the statue made it extremely popular, and more than 150 copies of it were created for municipal memorials across the nation. The Smithsonian American Art Museum currently lists 159 locations, of that number, 134 currently are existing originals have been independently authenticated, and several have been identified as copies by other artists. Installed in cemeteries, town squares, outside museums, parks, on courthouse lawns, and countless other places, the design is said to be the most-viewed example of outdoor statuary in the US (after the Statue of Liberty) although many people do not even realize they have seen it. Two of the statues, both in Arkansas, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places - one in Helena and this one in Fort Smith. The Fort Smith monument was first unveiled on July 4, 1930 in Tilles Park and more than 2,000 people gathered that evening for the ceremony.The monument remained in Tilles Park for half a century, but was warehoused by the city after frequent and substantial vandalism, including the destruction of the figure's rifle. After restoration by the talented artist Ralph Irwin of Van Buren, AR, it was rededicated at its current location in front of the American Legion Post No. 31 on Memorial Day, 1998.

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