Looking back in Springfield: Celebrating a new City Hall in 1979

The 1979 Memorial Day parade, shown here coming down W. McCreight Avenue. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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news | Updated May 28, 2018

After two years of work on the site, Springfield’s new City Hall was formally dedicated with a week of Memorial Day celebrations from May 29-June 2 in 1979.

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The week kicked off with the Memorial Day parade, shown here coming down West McCreight Avenue.

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