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This March 17, 1969 file photo, the Rev. John O'Connor and Silas E. Ross place a sprig of shamrock sent from Ireland at the grave marker of William Blanchfield on St. Patrick's Day at the Mountain View Cemetery in Reno, Nev. William Blanchfield is being remembered on two continents. In County Cork in Ireland, a float in Monday, March 17, 2014, St. Patrick's Day Parade will pay tribute Blanchfield, an Irish native and decorated Royal Air Force pilot in World War I. And on Sunday in Reno, the Sons and Daughters of Erin, an Irish heritage group, will continue the tradition of placing a shamrock sent from Ireland on Blanchfield's grave in Mountain View Cemetery. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal)

Shamrock honors Irish pilot killed in Reno in 1924

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Shamrock honors Irish pilot killed in Reno in 1924

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 18 - In this photo taken on Dec. 30, 2013, a concrete arrow, built in the 1920s as part of a cross-country program to help U.S. Airmail pilots to navigate routes, can be seen off the Steamboat Ditch trail in Reno, Nev., above the &quot;hole-in-the-wall&quot; tunnel. Each arrow was accompanied by a transmission beacon and tower, most of which were scrapped for the metal during World War II. The arrows stretched across the country from New York to San Francisco. This view is looking east towards Reno with Interstate 80 on the left. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT

Concrete arrows tell Reno’s airmail history

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