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L to R: Oakwood Cemetery Superintendent Denny Vescelius at the cemetery shows the newly discovered grave site of the 1901 “Wreck of the Wabash” victims to Dr. Kyle Griffith, Assistant Superintendent of the Lenawee Intermediate School District, Mayor Jerry Berryman, and Sergio De Giusti, Artist/Sculptor. (Photo credit Adrian Telegram)

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The cemetery record showing the grave numbers and the row, January 13 2016 (Photo by Ray Bassett)

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Submitted photo of Artist Sergio De Giusti stands over his sculpture which he wants to see installed at Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian for the lost Italian immigrant victims.

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Oakwood Cemetery – Sogni Persi – “Lost Dreams” (Photo by Greg Carnevale)

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Oakwood Cemetery – The railroad spike in the base of the Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carnevale)

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Oakwood Cemetery – President Ernesto Sandona and Trustee Greg Carnevale with Mayor Berryman (Photo by Greg Carnevale)

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Oakwood Cemetery – President Ernesto Sandona and Trustee Greg Carnevale with Mayor Berryman (Photo by Greg Carnevale)

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Oakwood Cemetery – Sergio De Giusti and Lia Adelfi (Photo by Greg Carnevale)

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Oakwood Cemetery – An Italian gentleman hanging a rosary on the Sogni Persi (Photo by Greg Carnevale)

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Oakwood Cemetery – Sergio De Giusti, the sculptor, and Lia Adelfi, President of the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan (Photo by Greg Carnevale)