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Collected Item: “Wilton, Connecticut 2020 High School Graduation Parade and Student's Newspaper Column”

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Wilton, Connecticut 2020 High School Graduation Parade and Student's Newspaper Column

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Text with photographs

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Wilton is a small town in Connecticut where I grew up. Due to the Coronavirus, their traditional graduation was canceled. Instead, they got together and had a graduation parade on the school grounds.

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#Wilton, #WHS, #lostgraduations, #Seniorclass2020, #Connecticut, #ruralvoices, #children, #WiltonBulletin

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Wilton-Warrior-Words-Seniors-I-am-sorry-15263000.php#item-85307-tbla-1, https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Wilton-High-School-graduation-features-caravan-15338335.php

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

The Wilton Bulletin, Jarret Liotta, and Niamh McCarthy

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2020-06
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