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John Paul Jones Park
John N. LaCorte Commemorative Sculpture
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- Sculptor: Albino Manca (medallion)
- Architect: Mark Sullivan, Sullivan Group Design LLC (monument and landscape designer)
- Description: Low, crescent-shaped granite wall with bas-relief medallion of Verazzano and inscription
- Materials: Lac du Bonnet granite and bronze
- Cast: Medallion 1964
- Dedicated: October 27, 2004
- Donor: Italian Historic Society of America
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