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A memorial to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings is taking shape in Boston
Light pillars that form the nucleus of the memorial are being installed Wednesday morning near the finish line on Boylston Street.M
“I think it’s important just to memorialize what happened here, again, it’s about the resilience of Boston and the way this city came together,” said Patrick Brophy, chief of operations for the city of Boston.
For the last several months artist Pablo Eduardo and his team of more than 50 have worked building and molding the pieces.
Twenty-two foot bronze spires are being installed at 755 Boylston St., the location of the second bomb that claimed the lives of 8-year-old Martin Richard and Boston University student Lingzi Lu.
Another set of spires will be placed next week at the second Marathon marker, near the finish line where Krystle Campbell died.
The monument also will incorporate decorative bronze-cast light poles.
Planning began four years ago for the $2 million memorial, which has undergone substantial redesign to satisfy the hopes and expectations of families who lost loved ones.
Three spectators were killed and more than 260 others were wounded in the April 15, 2013, attacks, and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer later was fatally shot by the bombers as they tried to steal his gun.
Boston officials also envision a larger monument that will involve input from bombing survivors.
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Boston Marathon
Among the nation’s oldest athletic clubs, the B.A.A. was established in 1887, and, in 1896, more than half of the U.S. Olympic Team at the first modern games was composed of B.A.A. club members. The Olympic Games provided the inspiration for the first Boston Marathon, which culminated the B.A.A. Games on April 19, 1897. John J. McDermott emerged from a...
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