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National Cathedral dedicates plaque honoring hate crime victim Matthew Shepard

By Zach Halaschak
Published December 4, 2019 9:29pm ET
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National Cathedral dedicates plaque honoring hate crime victim Matthew Shepard
A Gay Pride flag flies outside the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, following a "Thanksgiving and Remembrance of Matthew Shepard" service. The ashes of Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder in the 1990s became a rallying cry for the gay rights movement, will be laid to rest in Washington National Cathedral. | (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

The Washington National Cathedral has installed a plaque memorializing the life of Matthew Shepard, who was killed in an infamous 1998 attack that galvanized support around expanded federal hate crime laws.

The plaque was installed Tuesday at the Episcopal cathedral after Shepard’s remains were interred there last year in the columbarium near the Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea.

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