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Historically, Baltimore has been the “stomping grounds” of some pretty important people. Billie Holiday spent a portion of her childhood in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood. A couple of weeks ago, residents and city leaders rededicated a monument to the jazz legend in the city’s western region.

Here’s the (made) brief story I wrote for the Associated Press: http://tinyurl.com/nnk63a

I snapped a few pictures on my iPhone the day before the rededication event.

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