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They sprouted like yellow flowers early Wednesday in front of Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, planted there by nurses, doctors and staff to remember the past year s battles against COVID-19. The Flags of Hope, some in bright sun while others flapped in shadowy morning breezes, were there to remember the tears and exhaustion they lived with as the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Jacksonville and the world. But for all the memories of those treated at the University Boulevard hospital since Jacksonville s first pandemic patient arrived there almost 13 months ago, the flags became a symbolic healing gesture of letting go and looking forward. Women Services Director Jill Bodden said she will never forget the new mothers who had to go into isolation due to the virus,  having babies by themselves since no family could come in. But through the past year, the people she works with did their jobs despite a challenging and very different year, she said. 

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