Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Fountain

I know I talk a lot about Marshall University, but in my family Marshall University is a really special place. So it was no surprise to me when my sister wanted to get some senior pictures taken in front of the fountain in the middle of campus. This fountain means so much to people in Huntington, WV. It is a memorial of the 1970 Marshall University Football Team Plane Crash, and the 75 that were lost that day. Each year on November 14, the water of this fountain is turned off until the next spring. The bronze plaque bears this simple inscription-

"They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever, and this memorial records their loss to the university and to the community."

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We will never forget. "We are... Marshall."

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