The Chelsea neighborhood World War I Doughboy statue is one of 9 Doughboy memorials in New York City and was sculpted by Philip Martiny who also created the Doughboy for the Abington Square Memorial. The bronze doughboy, which stands on a granite…
This World War I doughboy statue, one of 9 erected in NYC after the war, was dedicated on October 31, 1921 by then Governor Alfred E. Smith. The bronze soldier is partially enwrapped by a flag that he carries with one hand and sits on a granite…