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​The 79th Anniversary Ceremony

in Recognition of the

Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
of November 28, 1942


hosted by 
The Cocoanut Grove
​Memorial Committee

November 28, 2021

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Introduction by Mike Hanlon
Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee
"Phoenix out of the Ashes"
​Kenneth Marshall, MD - President
​Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee
"Prevent future tragedies"
Paul Christian - Former Boston Fire Commissioner,
​Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee
"We're good at a few things as firefighters. Not forgetting is
one of them."- Ed Kelly - President, International Association
​of Fire Fighters
"Boston has the best fire department in the United States of America." - Raymond Flynn - Former Mayor, City of Boston
​"We're this close." Paul Miller
​Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee
"The Cause of the Fire is Unknown." 
​ - Casey Grant - Former Executive Director,
Fire Protection Research Foundation
"People come out of the woodwork to tell stories."
- Stephanie Schorow - Author/Historian
Hanging the Wreath - "Use his cane."
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Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee
www.cocoanutgrove.org


Videos (c) Saul Wisnia 2021 Photos by Saul Wisnia (c)2021 except for photos of the Cocoanut Grove fire, Stanley Tomaszewski (Boston Public Library and Boston.com) and the  November 30, 1942 Boston Post Newspaper (Kenneth Lawrence)
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