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This weekend is #MemorialDay weekend across our country. We salute and remember the brave men and women who lost their lives protecting our nation. Check out this historic photo from 1952 of War Memorial Park in #Tacoma. Workers from Tacoma City Light (@mytpu) erected an 80-foot flagpole donated by... Cascade Pole Company at the Living War Memorial. The memorial honors Tacoma and @piercecounty's fighting men in World War II. #PhotosOfTheWeek #POTW #MemorialDayWeekend #WarMemorialPark #tacomawa #DiscoverTacoma #PNW #SupportOurTroops

📷Photo Credit: Northwest Room at @tacomalibrary (Richards Studio D69585-1)

💙On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Victoria Woodards joined City staff and community members for a walk along Martin Luther King Jr. Way to celebrate the launch of the first phase of the Hilltop Plaques Project! The group visited nine markers, each recognizing a local Black leader whose legacy helped... shape #Tacoma. You can visit the installed pavers along MLK Way, from South 9th Street to Earnest S. Brazill. More pavers and plaques are on the way!
The Hilltop Plaques Project is part of the broader Hilltop Public Art Project, funded by the Links to Opportunities capital project, and shaped by deep collaboration between local artists, historians, organizations, and Hilltop residents.
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