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'Register photo — TIM FLECKLewis Jordon, of Feick Contractors Inc., works on a plaque for Spanish-American veterans at Vets Park.See VETS, PageMemorabi I ia get resting placeBy ELIZABETHLOECHLERStaff Writer One spring day in 1932, the wives and families of men who fought in the Spanish American War buried a small copper box in Washington Park, right next to a bronzed tablet and tiny pond honoring the men.Contained in the box were a small silk American flag and several newspaper clippings from May and June of that year detailing the dedication of the war memorial known as ‘‘Lily Pool.”In 1980, while the memorial was undergoing a face lift, the Sandusky Parks Department removed the hidden treasure from its limestone nook because the weather had damaged the box and its contents.“I took it out,” remembers Tom Ott of the city’s Parks Department. ‘‘WaterA-2
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Sandusky Register
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Sat, May 26, 1990
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