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Taylor Hewlett, 9, watches Josh Flowers (left) and Nathan Rascher put away a flag across from First Baptist Church near the end of an event to support the family of Army Specialist Sterling Wyatt, who was killed in Afghanistan. “We won,” Hewlett said. He was referring to the fact that Westboro Baptist Church, a protest group that had gathered down the street from the funeral, left by early afternoon.

Taylor Hewlett, 9, watches Josh Flowers (left) and Nathan Rascher put away a flag across from First Baptist Church near the end of an event to support the family of Army Specialist Sterling Wyatt, who was killed in Afghanistan. “We won,” Hewlett said. He was referring to the fact that Westboro Baptist Church, a protest group that had gathered down the street from the funeral, left by early afternoon.