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Thousands of people gathered around First Baptist Church in downtown Columbia, Mo., on Saturday to support the family of Sterling Wyatt, an Army Specialist who was killed in Afghanistan July 11. Two Facebook events called the community together as a response to the Kansas protest group Westboro Baptist Church saying it would be at Wyatt's funeral, but the focus was on the soldier's family.

Thousands of people gathered around First Baptist Church in downtown Columbia, Mo., on Saturday to support the family of Sterling Wyatt, an Army Specialist who was killed in Afghanistan July 11. Two Facebook events called the community together as a response to the Kansas protest group Westboro Baptist Church saying it would be at Wyatt's funeral, but the focus was on the soldier's family.

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Thousands of people gathered around First Baptist Church in downtown Columbia, Mo., on Saturday to support the family of Sterling Wyatt, an Army Specialist who was killed in Afghanistan July 11. Two Facebook events called the community together as a response to the Kansas protest group Westboro Baptist Church saying it would be at Wyatt's funeral, but the focus was on the soldier's family.