"Spirit of the American Doughboy"

Berrien County commissioned the very first 'Spirit of the American Doughboy' from sculptor E.M. Viquesney, unveiled in 1923 to honor its WWI dead. The grief ran deep: the county lost many men in the 1918 sinking of the troopship Otranto.

"Spirit of the American Doughboy" is a historical marker in Nashville, Berrien County, erected in 2021. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Berrien County, among 35 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.2070, -83.2499 near Nashville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Coffee Road (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Berrien County, The War Between the States, and Indian Fights.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.