'Free speech' rally in Boston

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Thousands of people flocking to Boston for conflicting rallies

The city is preparing for what is one of the first big demonstrations since the violence in Charlottesville, Va., last week.

The Big Picture

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Thousands took the streets and parks of Boston Saturday to make their voices heard.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/delete.jpg Some of the best signs from today?s Boston Common rallies

Thousands of people are flocking to the city Saturday to protest against a ?free speech? rally. Here are some of the most interesting signs they carried.

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Here is the schedule and location of each demonstration in Boston today.

Boston, MA - 08/19/2017 - Outside highschool. Crowd is growing. (Nicholas Pfosi for The Boston Globe) Reporter: Topic:

Protesters, counterprotesters gather around Boston

Crowds marched to Boston Common as a counterprotest to the ?Boston Free Speech? rally.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/835100732-9857.jpg What you need to know as today?s rallies unfold

The controversial Boston Free Speech rally is scheduled to start at noon and thousands of counterdemonstrators are flocking to the Common in protest.

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The stations will reopen once crowds disperse Saturday.

Opinion | Sandro Galea

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Boston, MA- August 18, 2017: Bryan Mann, a rabbinical school student, applauds comments from Attorney General Maura Healey during the Interfaith Gathering of Unity, Love, and Strength at Temple Israel of Boston in Boston, MA on August 18, 2017. Organized by the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, the gathering offered an opportunity to come together and send a message of unity and diversity in the face of hate. Thousands of protesters are expected to flood downtown Boston Saturday, with a pro-free speech rally on Boston Common likely surrounded by several different counter-actions. (CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF) section: metro reporter:

CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF

?What unites us is always stronger than what divides us?

More than 1,700 people attended an interfaith service at Temple Israel of Boston Friday to hear messages of unity on the eve of the controversial ?Boston Free Speech? rally.

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Like a lot of civically-active parents, Doyle has to balance concerns over safety with her sense of duty to raise her children to stand up for what is right.

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Boston, MA - 10/11/1967: Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, left, stands with Red Sox player Reggie Smith after the Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston on Oct. 11, 1967. The Red Sox forced a Game 7 by winning, 8-4. (Frank O'Brien/Globe Staff) --- BGPA Reference: 170322_MJ_041

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_barkeeps2_met-9876.jpg A couple of generous bartenders walk out of a bar and start giving

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Investigations

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