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[5] [6] Its dedication ceremony attracted about 50,000 people, some of whom were injured when the crowd attempted to grab pieces of ribbon and bunting as souvenirs. The memorial was temporarily removed in the 1960s to allow the installation of an underground parking garage beneath the west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse. [2] [7]
The building currently holds the offices of Franklin County Public Health (the county's health department), Franklin County Veterans Services, and still retains a war memorial. The building was built from 1905 to 1906 by local architect Frank Packard . [ 1 ]
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Memorial Day events on Sunday, May 26. Millcreek Township: At 9 a.m., a ceremony will be held at the American Legion Post 773 in Millcreek Township at 4109 W. 12th St. An indoor ceremony will be ...
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the ...
The town's Memorial Day ceremony and parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 27, and travel from the high school, 180 Main St., to the cemetery on Duck Lane. ... [Wicked Local Photo\Dave Kindy]
The Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial was erected at Green Lawn Cemetery in 1891. [27] Cemetery officials first set aside a section (M) for military burials on June 10, 1862. [ 19 ] The Ex-Soldiers and Sailors' Association of Franklin County, a group of Civil War veterans, purchased four lots in section 28 in November 1881 for the interment of ...
- Kennedy Park Monument ceremony at 10:30 a.m., followed by a Memorial Day Parade on South Main Street. The parade steps off at 11 a.m. - Ceremony after the parade at 11:45 a.m. at Government Center