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Source: Global Detroit
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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MJ Galbraith
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Preservation Detroit to host The Last Service, a memorial for the First Unitarian Church
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Source: Preservation Detroit
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Source: Michigan Community Resources
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MJ Galbraith
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Source: Tour de Troit
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Source: Walter Wasacz
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