Editing Swanton, Ohio (section)

==Parks and recreation==

* '''Swanton Memorial Park''' is home to one of [[E. M. Viquesney]]'s "[[Spirit of the American Doughboy]]" statues. The sculpture was one of several donated as a gift by France to U.S. cities that had lost many soldiers during World War I. It is described as a "Figure of a World War I infantryman advancing through the stumps and barbed wire of No Man's Land. He holds a grenade in his raised proper right hand and a rifle in his proper left hand."<ref name="siris-artinventories.si.edu">{{cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=R204856R5E668.9535&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!299205~!95&ri=1&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Viquesney,+E.+M.,+1876-1946,+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1#focus|title=The Spirit of the American Doughboy|first=E. M.|last=Viquesney|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=April 19, 2018|via=siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog}}</ref> The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System lists the statue as being installed in 1926, "administered by City of Swanton, Parks Division, Swanton, Ohio."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=R204856R5E668.9535&source=~!siartinventories&profile=ariall&page=10&group=0&term=Viquesney,+E.+M.,+1876-1946,+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&ts=1204856740121&deduping=#focus|title=SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref>
* '''Memorial Park''' is home to recreation facilities including several [[baseball diamond]]s. Ai Creek runs through the park. It also has soccer fields, sand volleyball courts, tennis/pickleball courts, basketball courts, and playgrounds. Land was donated for use by the McNeill family.
* '''Pilliod Park''' is located next to Swanton Public Library and is home to Swanton's red [[caboose]], several [[gazebo]]s, and a paved walkway. During the winter holiday it is home to Swanton's festive light display.
* '''Rotary Park''' is an offshoot of Pilliod Park.
* '''Oak Openings Metropark''' is partially located in the Village of Swanton, most notably The Cannaley Treehouse Village<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cannaley Treehouse Village |url=https://metroparkstoledo.com/explore-your-parks/cannaley-treehouse-village/ |access-date=March 21, 2022 |website=Metroparks Toledo |language=en}}</ref> and much of the Beach Ridge mountain bike trail.