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Another Rally for Aly Raisman Planned for Aug. 26

Celebration for Olympic medalist Aly Raisman will include a rally and a parade in her hometown of Needham.

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman will be celebrated next Sunday, Aug. 26, after the Town of Needham today announced the date for a "Rally for Aly."

The rally will begin with a parade starting at 2 p.m. at Town Hall that will head up Highland Avenue to Memorial park. There, a rally will be held, according to an email from Sandy Cincotta, in the Needham Town Manager's office.

Raisman, , arrived home in the U.S. this week as a local hero. She in the individual balance beam competition, and a . 

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Another in Burlington, at the site of the Needham resident's gym.


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