🌱 One man's mission to save Swift River Valley gravestones
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- One man's mission to save Swift River Valley gravestones
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• A monumental undertaking: On Veterans Day, one man's mission to preserve the graves of veterans and Swift River Valley residents (recorder.com) — At Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, Gene Theroux is preserving the weathered markers of Swift River Valley residents, whose history includes Pelham tavern keeper William Conkey. The 75-year-old Air Force veteran has cleaned and straightened 120 graves over seven years and applied for state permission to clean 85 more. 
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