Butterfly garden honors Rhode Islanders who have died of accidental overdoses

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Butterfly garden honors Rhode Islanders who have died of accidental overdoses

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — More than 2,220 purple and yellow butterflies cover the lawn outside the East Providence Public Library. The butterflies are a visual representation of the hundreds of lives lost to accidental overdoses, according to library director Meredith Bonds-Harmon. "The purple [butterflies] are the lives lost and the yellow [butterflies] are the ripple effect, or those affected by the loss," Bonds-Harmon explained. Bonds-H…