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For the past 29 years, Belmont has hosted a public ceremony to honor the memory of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the national holiday which bears his name. This year, the ongoing threat of COVID-19 means such a ceremony is impossible, so instead the 30th celebration will be a virtual one. But the virtual nature of the event lessens neither the importance of remembering King s life nor finding wisdom in his words to help guide the nation through troubled times, organizers said. It would have been unthinkable not to host this event this year, said Karen Rubin, one of the organizers. With the tensions the country is facing right now, his life and his words remain extremely meaningful. ....