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2718-2
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- 1935-05-12 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Sea Scouts, other young people and adults gathered around the statue of Francis W. Cushman, near the entrance to Point Defiance Park, apparently listening to speaker Regional Commodore Henry O. Foss. Francis W. Cushman was the Tacoma Congressman who helped get legislation passed for the federal government to give the City title to the land at Point Defiance. Approximately 400 Northwest scouts assembled in Tacoma for the "sail-in." (T.Times 5/13/1935, pg. 1)
Sea Scouts (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma; Point Defiance Park (Tacoma);