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CITY OF MEDFORD TO NAME TRACK IN HONOR OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY

ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE

As participants prepared to cross the starting line at the Run Medford 5K and 8K on Sept. 18, Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn made a surprise announcement to the crowd. To thank Race Director and native son Dave McGillivray for his impact on the local community, she revealed that the track at Medford’s Hormel Stadium would be dedicated to McGillivray and named in his honor. Lungo-Koehn presented Dave with the plaque that will soon be installed at the track.

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246TH REVOLUTIONARY WAR LANTERN LIGHTING KICKS OFF PATRIOTS' DAY

PATCH.COM

"One if by land, two if by sea." On Sunday, April 18, the Old North Church & Historic Site in Boston's North End will re-enact the famous signal that ignited the American Revolution. The ceremony dates back to April 18, 1775, when two men hung two lanterns from the steeple of the Old North Church, the city's oldest surviving church building and one of the most visited historical sites along the Freedom Trail.

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BRONZE PLAQUE UNVEILED TO COMMEMORATE THE START OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY'S HISTORIC CROSS COUNTRY RUN

RUNNING USA | ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE

MEDFORD, Oregon – Nearly 42 years after he took the initial steps of what would be his historic 3,452-mile cross-country journey, Dave McGillivray returned to Medford, OR, for the unveiling of a commemorative bronze plaque outside Medford City Hall and a jog around memory lane.

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MCGILLIVRAY HONORED

RUNNER’S WORLD

Manny Ramirez may be gone, but another Boston legend will make a triumphant return to Fenway Park tonight. 

Dave McGillivray, the long-time race director of the Boston Marathon, who last year was tapped by Runner's World's as a Hero of Running, will be honored this evening by The Jimmy Fund prior to the Red Sox game against the Texas Rangers.

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