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TRUEBLOOD-444-4
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- 1961-03-29 (Creation)
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When vandals stole the Star of David and the Cross that were part of the display at the Living War Memorial Park at the foot of the Narrows Bridge, Leon Kleiner (center) joined forces with Earl Hanson (left) and Louis Crivelione (right) to return the religious symbols to the park. In March of 1961 a new plaque was installed at the park; the brass symbols were mounted on sandstone and attached to a block of concrete. Leon Kleiner got the material for the new monument and Louis Crivelione, a Tacoma Public Works Department employee, created the display. Earl Hanson was a gardener for Public Works. This park was demolished in 2003 to make room for the new Narrows Bridge; a new, larger War Memorial Park was dedicated in May of 2006. (TNT 3/28/1961 p.14)
Parks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Memorial Park (Tacoma); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Kleiner, Leon; Hanson, Earl; Crivelione, Louis; Magen David; Symbols; Crosses; Monuments & memorials--Tacoma;