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and WWI veteran Slack Winburn (1895-1964), installed in

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in the U.S. state of

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. Along with the park's entry gates, the Pagoda was built . It was the park's first memorial using marble from

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, and the classical structure has eight Doric columns. The shaft and urn were added in 1932.http://www.slcdocs.com/Planning/HLC/2014/224.pdf Winburn attended the

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, after serving in France during WWI. This classical training influenced him to create Period Revival-style designs.

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