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3 unusual facts about Fort Lawton Riot


Fort Lawton Riot

In 1986, journalist Jack Hamann found Guglielmo Olivotto's headstone in the Fort Lawton cemetery.

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King County Executive Ron Sims and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels organized a tribute to the Fort Lawton defendants and surviving families, featuring a dinner, a parade, a formal military ceremony and a Catholic mass honoring the memory of Guglielmo Olivotto.

George N. Crocker

During World War II, Crocker was an officer in the largest and longest Army court-martial resulting from the Fort Lawton Riot.



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