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Commissioners approve temporary placement of Marcus Whitman statue at fairgrounds rotunda, with caveats
Summary
The board voted 3–0 to accept the Marcus Whitman statue transferred from the U.S. Statuary Hall and place it in the fairgrounds pavilion rotunda on an interim basis; commissioners and fairgrounds stakeholders asked to site it in a corner, evaluate structural support and consider security and long‑term relocation costs.
Walla Walla County commissioners on Oct. 13 voted unanimously to accept the Marcus Whitman statue transferred under state legislation and place it temporarily in the pavilion rotunda at the county fairgrounds.
Commissioner Kimball, who led the proposal, said the state authorized transfer of the statue back to county ownership and recommended the rotunda's central rotunda area as an interim display space until the county's planned Wagon…
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