William T. Fitzsimons Fountain, 12th and Paseo
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| Erected to the memory of Lt. Wm. T. Fitzsimons the first American Officer to lose his life in the World War. Lt. Fitzsimons, a Kansas Citian, enlisted in the medical corps and was killed in a field hospital bombardment in France, September 7,1917. The erection of the fountain was made possible through popular subscriptions from the people of Kansas City. |
