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Locals, first responders gather at the third annual Blue Lives Matter event
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Members of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office Color Guard take turns placing flowers in the chapel of McDonald & Son Funeral Home in memory of fallen first responders that died over the past year. - photo by Alexander Popp
Usually the sight of flashing blue lights, fire trucks and a helicopter when driving down the road is a cause for alarm, a sure sign that something terrible has happened. But as Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Fire Department and other patrol vehicles lined Sawnee Drive at McDonald & Son Funeral Home on Monday night – lights flashing wildly, dozens of law enforcement officers – first responders and local citizens gathered to celebrate, memorialize and remember the sacrifice of heroes across the nation at the third annual Blue Lives Matter event.ed.