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Volunteer --- and violinist --- Beth Putnam shares a laugh with a patron as she provides dining music for the Schenectady City Mission Easter celebration on Sunday, March 23, 2008.

SCRAPBOOK - Many Christians this week will prepare for Easter, which will be celebrated Sunday, March 31. Cap Scrap today offers photo souvenirs from past Easter observances.
 
Gazette file photos by Sid Brown, Jack Hume, Marc Schultz, Meredith L. Kaiser, Ana N. Zangroniz, Stacey Lauren Kennedy, Barry Sloan and Bruce Squiers.
 
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Three women leave First Reformed Church after Easter services on April 2, 1972.

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Clergy and parishioners gather in front of Schenectady's First Reformed Church after Easter Sunday services on April 2, 1972.

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Christine Bushnell, right, adjusts Tiffany Schreiter's Easter bonnet outside St. Luke's Church on State Street after services on March 30, 1986.

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A small girl hugs her mother -- and her stuffed Easter Bunny -- outside St. Luke's Church in  Schenectady on March 30, 1986.

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Children dressed in their Easter clothing hold their Easter Bunnies outside St. Luke's Church in  Schenectady on March 30, 1986.
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Clergy and parishioners gather in front of Schenectady's First Reformed Church after Easter Sunday services on April 2, 1972.

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The choir performs at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Clifton Park on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013.

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Mike Saccocio, executive director of the Schenectady City Mission, welcomes diners to the Campbell Dining Center for the Mission's annual Easter dinner on April 24, 2011.
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Deacon Robin Domm carries a cross during the Easter service at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Clifton Park on March 31, 2013.

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Rotterdam residents Bianca Mascitelli, 6, right, and Alexandria Tommasone, 9, left, sing a song during Easter Sunday services at Our Lady of the Assumption Church on April 11, 2004.

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