N 43.717008 / W 88.990524

Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.

Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: NO ENTRY.

In Grand River Memorial Park, adjacent to grounds of Markesan Resident Home, 1130 North Margaret Street.

The sole engraving on the base reads:

ERECTED BY AUGUST F. HEIN
1946

Knowledge of this Viquesney “Spirit of The American Doughboy” surfaced in 2005 when Markesan Mayor, Rick Slate, contacted Les Kopel and Earl Goldsmith seeking information. According to Mayor Slate, the Doughboy was purchased from another community and placed in Markesan. Depending on when in 1946 it was placed, this may be the only Viquesney Doughboy placed after the sculptor's death. It's also a 1920 copyright version, which means the other community either originally bought the Doughboy before Viquesney switched to another foundry and modified his design in mid-1934, or else bought the statue from Viquesney's old foundry after mid-1934.

In 2007 the statue was moved to Grand River Memorial Park, and is now under the care of American Legion Post #282. The Doughboy was refurbished and in the summer of 2009 rededicated. It appears the statue and most of its original stone base are now mounted atop a new pedestal outside the North Terrace area of the Resident Home grounds. (North Terrace is actually at the south end of the Home complex; it refers to the fact that the section of property is on the north side of town.)

Attempts to learn the identity of the community from which the Doughboy was purchased and more about August Hein have not been successful. Any information about them or any further information about this Doughboy would be wecome.