Doughboy Statue To Get Homecoming In Belmar

The Belmar Historical Society has invited the public to a coming home party for the WWI Doughboy statue on Friday, July 27 at 9 a.m., according to The Coast Star.

The monument is located at Doughboy Park between 7th and 8th avenues by the railroad tracks, according to The Coast Star.

The borough's World War I monument, honoring its sons who served and died in the war to end all wars, was severely damaged by an act of vandalism, according to The Asbury Park Press.

The statue depicts a U.S. infantryman advancing through "no man's land," amid shattered tree stumps and barbed wire. In his left hand he clutches a rifle and with his raised right hand he throws a grenade, according to The Press.

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