So much is red in the surroundings, that the eye takes unexpected pleasure in anything that is not red - the gold paint on the inside of the church, the deep blue of Mary's cloak, as she holds the crucified body of Jesus in her arms.

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Under an archway of blue and white balloons at the door of Mary Bethune School, students line up for a camera-friendly ceremony behind a grinning school superintendent and other school board officials.

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When Obama presents Rose Mary Sabo Brown with the medal on the pale blue ribbon, it will complete a circle that began 42 years ago right after her husband's death.

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