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The latest reports from the funeral procession of the former Boston mayor, as residents say goodbye to the political giant who led the city from 1968 to 1984, changing the city’s skyline during turbulent times.
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Officers with the Boston Municipal Protective Services saluted as the funeral procession for former Boston mayor Kevin White passed.
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Flowers were placed at the foot of a statue of former Boston mayor Kevin White in Faneuil Hall this morning.
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Deborah Bolling, daughter of late state representative Royal Bolling, paid her respects at the statue just after the procession passed.
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Officers saluted as the vehicle carrying the casket of Kevin White drove by Faneuil Hall.
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The funeral procession left the Parkman House on Beacon Street.
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Robert Matson, also known as the "Mayor of Beacon Hill," stood outside the former White home as the motorcade passed.
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Robert Matson shook the hand of Kathryn White as the procession passed the former mayor's home on Mt. Vernon Street.
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Fifth-grade students from The Advent School stood outside former Mayor Kevin White's home on Mt. Vernon Street as the procession passed.
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Kathryn White, widow of former Mayor Kevin White, was accompanied by family members as they left the Parkman House prior to the funeral procession.
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Kevin White's sister, Maureen White Mercier, and her husband Peter walked to the Parkman House on Beacon Hill this morning.
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“No one can deny his courage in facing the toughest urban problems faced by any mayor in modern memory.”
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