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Collected Item: “A Funeral in Safford”

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A Funeral in Safford

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Text Story

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This story conveys the experience me and my 4 other siblings had when we attended our grandfather's funeral in August 2020. In the super conservative town of Safford, Arizona, no one attending the funeral (except us) wore masks.
Our extended family didn't believe that Covid-19 was real, or something to be stressed over. This story shows how we tried to navigate an event we thought would have precautions, and then didn't. Lastly, this story is important to me because even though we were stressed and panicked over attending a funeral without masks, my siblings and I grew closer after this.

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#ArizonaStateUniversity, #HST643, #SpringASession2025, #Travel, #Masking,

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

Self

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2020-08-03
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