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Darien Moms And Daughters Join March For Change

by Casey Donahue News 02/14/13  Comment
Moms and daughters from Ox Ridge Elementary in Darien take part in the March for Change in Hartford Thursday. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Svedlund

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DARIEN, Conn. -- Mothers and daughters from Ox Ridge Elementary School in Darien took part Thursday in the March for Change in Hartford.

More than 5,000 people demonstrated in support of safer gun legislation in Connecticut. The gathering took place on the two-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown.

Pictured here are Ox Ridge first-grader Eloise Svedlund, third-grader Annika Svedlund, parent Elizabeth Svedlund, parent Carrie Bernier Petti, fifth-grader Tatum Petti and third-grader Sophie Petti.

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