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Information about memorial and the drinking fountain is from the Jan. 30, 1919 Board of Education minutes, page 447, available at the Grand Rapids Public Library, History and Special Collections Dept.
When construction began on Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School, the second school to replace the original Hall School, a concrete vault containing rusted water pipes was found buried beneath the SW corner of Hall St. and Grandville Ave. Originally they supplied a watering trough for horses. Since the vault was at the same location as the Morrisey memorial stone, it is probable that the same water system fed the drinking fountain attached to the stone.