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Entrance to Grace Park, Akron, O.

Posted in Entertainment, Parks, Recreation

Grace Park

by tconte on December 5, 2014

Location across from Akron’s Union Station, Grace Park became a hotspot for political campaigns and “whistle stop” speeches. Rutherford B. Hayes, William H. Taft, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt all gave speeches to large crowds at Grace Park.

Grace Park

Grace Park

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1931 On this day in 1931, Police Officer Forrest Good was shot and killed by two suspects who had possession of a stolen automobile at the intersection of North Prospect Street and Bluff Street.

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