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A touching story takes bloom
Metrowest Daily News ^ | May 29, 2005 - | Jennifer Kavanaugh

Posted on 05/29/2005 3:13:57 AM PDT by Boston Blackie

FRAMINGHAM -- When Collin Kelly arrived at Edgell Grove Cemetery to place flowers on soldiers' graves yesterday, he discovered a crowd of people and decades of emotions buried deep. The cemetery visit by the young boy, whose effort to honor dead veterans has made him a national media celebrity this past week, attracted a large group of onlookers: veterans, reporters, patriotic well-wishers and people grieving the loss of loved ones laid to rest at Edgell Grove.

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1 posted on 05/29/2005 3:13:57 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: Boston Blackie
Memorial Day bump!


May God bless, and America remember all veterans of this great nation.

To them, we all, owe a debt of gratitude that can never be paid in full.

2 posted on 05/29/2005 3:25:31 AM PDT by G.Mason ( It's people like you, that make people like me, people like you!)
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