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Fair Park USO

Item

Title
Fair Park USO
Description
Fair Park was one of the first USOs built in Gainesville. The fair park USO was built for 86,000 or 1,429,320 calculated for 2022 inflation. Major Richard Donovan, Mrs. John M. Hanna, and Cecil Murphy each provided three minute speeches at the USOs dedication along with fifteen unnamed speakers.
Date
11/13/1943
Source
Gainesville Daily Register
Subject
USO
Fair Park
Site pages
USOs