Focus on Over the Top to Victory and analyze the Description.
The bronze sculpture depicts a uniformed World War I soldier, running and holding a gun with a bayonet in his proper left hand and a grenade in his opposite hand. He is shown wearing a backpack and hat. The statue measures approximately 7 feet (2.1 m) x 28 inches (0.71 m) x 74 inches (1.9 m) and rests on a square, tapered stone base that has a height of 76 inches (1.9 m) and a width of 84 inches (2.1 m).An inscription on the lower right reads: CAST BY AMERICAN ART BRONZE FOUNDRY / J. PAULDING SC. © 1920 CHICAGO. On the front of the base is the inscription: THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL / ANSWERED / SONS AND DAUGHTER OF / MARION COUNTY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE / WORLD WAR / 1914–1918 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN" / JOHN 15:13. The base's front also includes a plaque with a signed founder's mark and the text: DOUGHBOY STATUE REDEDICATION / MAY 18, 1991 / BARBARA ROBERTS / GOVERNOR / JON MANGIS / DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS / ORVILLE A. RUMMELL / PAST COMMANDER / VETERAN WORLD WAR. Displayed on the other three sides of the base are the names of 87 men and one woman from Marion County who died in the war.
World War I right bronze sculpture Marion County