spirit american spirit american pressed copper sculpture designed honor veterans casualties world war mass produced 1920s 1930s communities united_states statue design popular kind spawning wave related memorabilia numerous copies artists title shortened nicknamed memorials statue depicts walking shattered tree stumps barbed wire rifle left hand right hand held high head hand grenade aggressive design statue extremely popular copies created municipal memorials nation currently lists locations number currently existing originals independently identified copies artists notably actual quoted figure late 1930s claiming state union believed inflated figure statues arkansas individually listed national_register_of_historic_places installed town squares outside museums parks courthouse countless places design said viewed example outdoor statue liberty people realize seen longtime resident sculptor commissioned create copy city florida city columbia south_carolina new copies right meant replace existing original original exist columbia giving city original copy son worked restoration florida companion statue spirit original statue completed living georgia located nashville georgia second installed 25th formally dedicated completed installation south_carolina statue indiana sculptor hometown dedicated statue sparked interior 1920s design popular manufactured replica pot metal thousands available lamps held light raised hand plaques smaller version expensive plaster versions lamps georgia continued produced indiana late 1930s passage time changes fashion items lost broken discarded making remaining good condition sought modern collectors variations theme statue created companion entitled spirit version depicted sailor working uniform holding cover aloft right hand far popular seven known navy statues installed set statue occur nearby ends bridge version holding large artillery shell hands instead waving cap appears catalog stone version spirit found texas according article lists correct title seventh listed arizona located florida actually different version statue said created sculptor reference sculptor exists database list shows sailors reinforcing likelihood claim statues standard sailor variant design dedicated november according newspaper articles reference variant states possibly sculpted proof self written obituary boasts knew variants designed depict different poses got past drawing stage realized scale largest variant actually known unique foot memorial ohio listed spirit dedicated sized pose original confirmed exist new information photographs confirm piece actually titled
Spirit of the American Doughboy