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  In May of 1943, the Amherst Board of Trustees voted to erect a war memorial at the end
		of the war, and President King, working with landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff and 
		architect James Kellum Smith '15, decided on a War Memorial and
 Memorial Field for 
		athletic events.  After raising money from alumni, the memorial was dedicated in 
		June of 1946 (King, 274).
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