 |
 |
 |
Search
Dec 2, 2019
FINNEYTOWN MEMORIAL
A TRAGEDY FOUR DECADES AGO HAS FOREVER LINKED THE BRITISH ROCK BAND THE WHO TO A SMALL SUBURBAN CITY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO.
IN RECENT YEARS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE BAND HAVE BONDED THROUGH A PROJECT TO MEMORIALIZE THE THREE TEENS FROM FINNEYTOWN WHO WERE AMONG 11 PEOPLE KILLED IN A FRANTIC STAMPEDE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO THE WHO'S DEC. 3, 1979, CINCINNATI CONCERT. A MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND LAUNCHED IN 2010 HAS BENEFITED 27 FINNEYTOWN STUDENTS SO FAR, WITH HELP FROM THE WHO, HIGHLIGHTED LAST YEAR BY ROGER DALTREY'S VISIT TO THE MEMORIAL SITE.
IN RECENT YEARS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE BAND HAVE BONDED THROUGH A PROJECT TO MEMORIALIZE THE THREE TEENS FROM FINNEYTOWN WHO WERE AMONG 11 PEOPLE KILLED IN A FRANTIC STAMPEDE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO THE WHO'S DEC. 3, 1979, CINCINNATI CONCERT. A MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND LAUNCHED IN 2010 HAS BENEFITED 27 FINNEYTOWN STUDENTS SO FAR, WITH HELP FROM THE WHO, HIGHLIGHTED LAST YEAR BY ROGER DALTREY'S VISIT TO THE MEMORIAL SITE.
