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CITY ISLAND. On March 24,1980, the Dubuque City Council renamed City Island in memory of Chaplain [[SCHMITT, Aloysius|Aloysius SCHMITT]]. The name, Schmitt Island, had been lobbied for by fifty-four civic leaders. Lobbying by the Chaplain Schmitt Park Committee began soon after the announcement that the city planned a softball-baseball complex on the island where a memorial to Schmitt stood. | CITY ISLAND. On March 24,1980, the Dubuque City Council renamed City Island in memory of Chaplain [[SCHMITT, Aloysius|Aloysius SCHMITT]]. The name, Schmitt Island, had been lobbied for by fifty-four civic leaders. Lobbying by the Chaplain Schmitt Park Committee began soon after the announcement that the city planned a softball-baseball complex on the island where a memorial to Schmitt stood. | ||
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Revision as of 02:58, 6 December 2008
CITY ISLAND. On March 24,1980, the Dubuque City Council renamed City Island in memory of Chaplain Aloysius SCHMITT. The name, Schmitt Island, had been lobbied for by fifty-four civic leaders. Lobbying by the Chaplain Schmitt Park Committee began soon after the announcement that the city planned a softball-baseball complex on the island where a memorial to Schmitt stood.