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Terry Fox Marathon of Hope

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On July 13, 1980, Burlington was part of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope at kilometre 3582. Terry Fox said, "Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me." Burlington may not have been the beginning or the end of the Marathon of Hope, but it was part of the journey.
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