World War I Memorial (East Providence, Rhode Island)

	World War I Memorial
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The memorial's statue and base in 2012
Location	East Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°49′10″N 71°22′15″W / 41.81944°N 71.37083°W
Built	1927
MPS	Outdoor Sculpture of Rhode Island
NRHP reference No.	01000466
Added to NRHP	October 19, 2001

The World War I Memorial is a bronze sculpture by Pietro Montana and is located at the intersection of Taunton Avenue, Whelden Avenue, and John Street in East Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The sculpture is modeled on Charles Atlas and depicts a dynamically posed soldier standing on a granite base. Montana's original design was modified by the East Providence Memorial Committee for being "too brutal".^[2] Dedicated on July 30, 1927, Major General Charles Pelot Summerall gave an address which highlighted the handicap placed upon the soldiers by a lack of preparedness and "invoked the fighting ideal embodied by Montana's doughboy."^[2] The World War I Memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
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