From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior:"Another…

From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior:"Another fountain has been fixed, beautified, and turned on -- The Rawlins Park fountain! This fountain was defunct for nearly a decade, and the fountain's plumbing, electrical, mechanical systems all needed repairs. Like other parks with fountains, the park with this fountain was also beautified. The park features a magnolia-lined flagstone plaza with an octagonal bubbling fountain flanked by two 116-foot-long reflecting pools. The bronze statue of Union General John Aaron Rawlins--who was the closest advisor to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War and later served as Secretary of War under President Grant--was cleaned and waxed, too. The statue was cast from captured Confederate cannons and installed in 1874."