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Alexandria Echo Press | Alexandria, Minnesota
Easter’s powerful message of hope, forgiveness and resurrection was retold in Alexandria this week. On Sunday, a crowd of 1,552 flocked to the outdoor Passion Drama presented by Zion and Good Shepherd Lutheran churches. Another 1,149 people attended Tuesday’s presentation, which put the total attendance at just over 2,701 – an exceptionally large turnout that easily surpassed last year’s crowd of 2,156, according to organizers. It was a warm and wooly month of March in Douglas County. Weather data for the month has experts marveling at just how mild the month was.CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News
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