Home Fountain raised to Marshall U. flight tragedy added to National Register The Marshall University Memorial Fountain

The Marshall University Memorial Fountain

Marshall University Fountain in West Virginia

The Marshall University Memorial Fountain was raised to commemorate the 1970, crash of a charter plane carrying members of the Marshall University football
team and its entourage.

The Marshall University Memorial Fountain by night

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