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Arundel High unveils monument to grads killed in wars

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 05/27/09

An Army leader said Arundel High School students captured the true meaning of Memorial Day yesterday when they unveiled a gray granite monument commemorating the school's graduates who have died in recent wars.

Joshua McKerrow - The Capital
A new monument at Arundel High School bears the names of four graduates who died in recent wars. Funded by anonymous donors, the monument was dedicated Tuesday.
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The monument - believed to be the only one of its kind at a county high school - was purchased by anonymous donors at a cost of about $1,600, and is mounted next to the school's flagpole.

The inscription declares the monument is dedicated to those "who gave the last full measure of devotion fighting the nation's wars."

Army Lt. Gen. Francis Scott Kearney III, the keynote speaker, quoted the...

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