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Marshfield Honors World War I Vets
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KSPR News
By
Joanna Small
Story Created:
Apr 25, 2009 at 9:23 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Apr 25, 2009 at 10:56 PM CDT
Marshfield is celebrating something new that commemorates something very old.
Rotary Park played host to the Cherry Blossom Festival Saturday.
It recognizes World War I and American history; in fact blood relatives from seventeen presidential families were there.
They witnessed the unveiling of the park's newest exhibit- a black granite monument honoring veterans of the First World War.
“Sadly our last World War I veteran died many years ago, and we don't have that piece of history anymore, so to honor Mr. Buckles as the last connection that the nation has but Missouri has as well- it's important we in Webster County pause to remember the WWI vets because we have none left,” explains Cherry Blossom Festival chairman Nicholas Inman.
Northwest Missouri-native Frank Buckles is more than 100 years old and is the last survivor of that war.
He was scheduled to make an appearance at the festival.
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