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See why hundreds gathered for Walk to End Alzheimer’s in downtown Gainesville

Attendees walk across the midtown pedestrian bridge holding flowers that represent various reasons for people attending the Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

Walk to End Alzheimer's — Attendees walk across the midtown pedestrian bridge holding flowers that represent various reasons for people attending the Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

Early Saturday morning, music echoed off the buildings surrounding the downtown Gainesville square. Purple shirts were everywhere, and those wearing them carried different colored pinwheel-type flowers as they mingled with friends, family and those they were meeting for the first time.