Washington Park, Cincinnati, Ohio


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Washington Park (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Washington Park is bounded by West 12th, Race and Elm Streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of CincinnatiOhioUnited States. The park is owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. The park served as Presbyterian and Episcopal cemeteries before it was acquired by the city from 1858 to 1863. The park has an old-fashioned bandstand and many trees. Several American Civil War cannons and busts of Civil War heroes Frederick Hecker and Colonel Robert Latimer McCook, who commanded the  German 9th Ohio Infantry (Die Neuner) are in the park. There is also a bronze tablet (1931) given by Sons and Daughters of the (Die Neuner) 9th O.V.I.

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