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Excavation begins for Joe Mann Memorial

New veteran's memorial honors heroes

REARDAN – After seven years of dreaming, planning and fundraising, Gail Daniel's and Wayne Terry's vision of building a memorial to honor the life of Joe E. Mann and the veterans of the Reardan area is becoming a reality.

The groundbreaking for the memorial was Monday, Jan. 27, at the site on Highway 2, at the east end of town.

Over the years, Terry, a local wrestling coach and member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, spoke of Mann's sacrifice to his athletes.

"I always wondered why Joe Mann was not honored in his hometown," Terry said.

One day, he mentioned it to Daniels and the dream o...

 

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