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Boston to Dedicate Harbor Island Gazebo to Marathon Victim

Krystle Campbell, who was killed in the bombing at the Boston Marathon in April, worked in the Boston Harbor National Park Area at the Summer Shack on Spectacle Island.

The city of Boston announced on Monday afternoon that it will dedicate the gazebo on the East side of Spectacle Island Park in honor of Krystle M. Campbell, one of the victims of the attack at the Boston Marathon in April. 

Campbell, a 29-year-old Medford resident, was the catering manager with the Boston Harbor National Park Area.  She worked for five years 
with the team from Jasper White’s Summer Shack, the café on the island.

The request to honor Campbell came from officials from the Boston Harbor Island Alliance, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area. 

“The bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon were a tragic event for all of us in the city, the region and the nation," the letter reads. "The many people who work together to manage the Boston Harbor Islands national park area lost a friend and colleague in Krystle Campbell who was killed in the bombing, and we would like to request your approval to allow us to honor her memory on Spectacle Island.” 

The letter said that particular gazebo, located on the east side of Spectacle Island, was a place Campbell often went to relax. 

“She loved being on the Islands, and it seems highly appropriate  to honor her memory there," the letter reads. 

A plaque with her name on it will be installed at the gazebo, according to Boston's Parks and Recreation Department. 

Campbell was a 2001 graduate of Medford High School. She was at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to cheer on her boyfriend who was running in the race. 

Three people died in the bombing at the marathon, including Campbell, 8-year-old Martin Richard of Dorchester, and Boston University student Lu Lingzi  of China. MIT Officer Sean Collier was killed in a related attack on April 19. 


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