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Ohio County Loses 2 Civil War Monuments to Crashes

Posted by admin on Mar 25, 2009

Civil War memorials are under attack from traffic in one Ohio county, where two monuments have been knocked down by vehicles this month.

Portage County authorities say a Civil War memorial that has already been replaced twice was struck by a truck on the central circle in Deerfield, 45 miles southeast of Cleveland.

The monument to those who fought in the Civil War first went up in 1870 and was rebuilt after crashes in 1975 and 2002. Deerfield trustee Mike Rach says the memorial belongs on the circle and should be restored again.

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