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From: The Washington Times | August 30, 2009
BOSTON | Admirers of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy thronged the streets of his hometown Saturday, ignoring a pelting rain to bid farewell to the man who had risen from a troubled past to become the undisputed champion of the American liberal movement. In the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill, mourners waited outside the packed Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, a towering edifice rising above modest one- and two-story condominiums home to middle-class Irish-Catholic, Hispanic and black families. Throughout the city, flags remained at half-staff during the week after Mr. Kennedy’s passing late Tuesday night. Shop windows in …
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