Spirit of the American Navy

Spirit of the American Navy was a World War I monument created by sculptor E. M. Viquesney in 1927. It was intended to be a companion piece to his very popular, Spirit of the American Doughboy , but never attained that stature, occurring in only seven known locations, with an eighth held in private ownership.

Editions

Spirit of the American Navy (the United States)

• Memorial Park Bridge, Palatka, Florida 1927 (variant version holding artillery shell instead of waving cap) ^[1]
• Clearwater Memorial Causeway Park, Clearwater, Florida 1927 ^{[1] [2]}
• Mohave County Courthouse, Kingman, Arizona 1928 ^[3]
• Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1928 ^[1]
• Granite, Oklahoma, 1929 ^[1]
• Hobart, Oklahoma 1929 ^[1]
• Crowell, Texas 1932 (stone version) ^{[1] [4]}
• Naperville, Illinois; purchased from a private owner in Pentwater, Michigan in 2013, and dedicated in Burlington Square Park on October 13, 2013, the 238th birthday of the United States Navy. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "SIRIS Catalog: The Spirit of the American Navy". Smithsonian Institution.
2. Burnside, Margaret W (May–June 2007). "Ask Margaret". Tampa Bay Magazine. p. 95.
3. "SIRIS Catalog: The Spirit of the American Doughboy". Smithsonian Institution.
4. Little, Carol M (1996). A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas. University of Texas Press. p. 133. ISBN   0292760361.
5. Goldsmith, Earl D. "The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database".
6. Mego, Bill (April 7, 2017). "Mego: WWI's 100th anniversary good time to check out Naperville monuments". Naperville Sun. Retrieved April 11, 2017.

External links

• Research on Viquesney sculptures