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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The Fallen 9,000
Last week British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss scratched 9,000 fallen bodies onto the beaches of Normandy to commemorate Peace Day. They started with 60 volunteers but word spread and 500 more people showed up to help.
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