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John J. McGraw Monument in Truxton, New York

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John J. McGraw Monument in Truxton, New York
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There are in Truxton, New York, three interrelated sites associated with legendary baseball manager John J. McGraw, who was born in that Central New York town in 1873. The three are a monument to the native son, a baseball field named in his honor, and a sign memorializing the game played at John J. McGraw Field that funded the carving and installation of the memorial to McGraw.
McGraw’s father, also named John, emigrated to the United States in 1856. In his first fifteen years in America, John

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