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Seattle: Statue, park downtown dedicated to memory of man who stood up to a mob
9 February 2011
A hundred years ago, John McGraw, the state's second governor and friend of Seattle's Chinese community at the turn of the 20th century, was memorialized with a statue in downtown Seattle. Wednesday morning, the statue was unveiled in a new park that bears his name: McGraw Square Plaza.
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