Administered by City of Amsterdam Recreation Department 61 Church Street Amsterdam New York 12010
Located West End Memorial Park West end of Guy Park Avenue at intersection of West Main Street Amsterdam New York
Date:
1925. Dedicated Nov. 29, 1925
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Donlon, Hugh P., "Amsterdam New York: Annals of a Mill Town in the Mohawk Valley," Amsterdam, N. Y.: Donlon Associates, 1980, pg. 146.
(On center base of exedra, incised lettering:) ERECTED/IN THE YEAR 1925/BY THE/CITIZENS OF AMSTERDAM, N.Y./IN MEMORY OF/THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR/1914-1918/LET US SERVE OUR COUNTRY IN PEACE/AS THEY DID IN WAR (On plaque, rear of exedra, raised lettering:) ERECTED BY/.THE./WAR CHEST COMMITTEE/ON MEMORIALS/1914-1918/ABRAM V. MORRIS/P. DATER SHAUL/CHARLES STOVER/JOHN J. TURNER/SPENCER K. WARNICK/.SCULPTOR./DAVID C. LITHGOW/.BUILDER./WILLIAM E. HENNESSY
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Summary:
A doughboy stands in uniform with his proper right foot forward and his proper right arm bent with the hand raised almost to the shoulder, clasping the strap of a rifle which hangs at his proper right side. His proper left arm is bent to the waist resting at the top of a saber hanging from his artillery belt. He is dressed in a brimmed hat, leggings, and a pocketed, open-neck shirt with proper right sleeve rolled up. The sculpture is mounted atop the center base of a large exedra. There are three steps flanking each side of the central base, leading up to the sculpture. A wreath in relief is found at the front top center of the base balanced on either side by a flame in relief. This is flanked by an eagle's head protruding from the front corner of each side. There is a recessed areas to each side of the central base containing a self bench. Two plaques are above each bench.
