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For their Eagle Scout projects, Garrett Tussey (left) and Jason Ossanna built a fire pit and wooden benches for American Legion Post 485.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTO PROVIDED)

Whenever members of American Legion Post 485 sit on the handmade wooden benches around their new cement, stone and steel fire pit, they might recall the symbolic passage of two boys into manhood. Creating the enhancement for Post 485 make Jason Ossanna of Schererville and Garrett Tussey more than men -- they're now Eagle Scouts.

Tussey designed and built the circular fire pit, and Ossanna constructed the four benches for the Eagle Scout community project. The ...

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