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NEW LONDON, Texas — Signs and monuments that commemorate championships captured or boasting as the home of a star athlete are common in East Texas towns.

Not in New London, though.

A beautiful granite monument stands across the street from West Rusk High School, but it’s there to remember lives lost rather than championships won. Few living west of Tyler may even know of the existence of New London, a town of 998 about 10 miles south of Kilgore.