Ground broken for memorial to 492 killed in Cocoanut Grove fire
The fire at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston on Nov. 28, 1942, killed 492 people.
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The fire at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston on Nov. 28, 1942, killed 492 people.
Over 80 years after the Cocoanut Grove fire claimed 490 lives and singularly revolutionized fire safety standards and burn treatments, families of survivors and victims of the devastating fire gathered Monday at a new site to remember their loved ones.
Work on a new memorial got underway in Boston to honor the nearly 500 people who died in the 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire.
A committee honoring the victims of the 1942 fire that broke out inside Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, killing nearly 500 people, will break ground on a memorial to those lost in the tragedy during a ceremony Sunday afternoon to mark the 81st anniversary of the devastating blaze.
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