Sometimes there are milestones so rare that they turn a care center into the most joyful place in town.

Gloria Wilson celebrated her 100th birthday at the Lyngblomsten Care Center in St. Paul on Thursday. During the celebration she reflected on her legacy, and noted the power of a mother-daughter relationship that helped shape her community.

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Wilson has seen a century pass, and has spent it pouring into her children.

"She's worked her whole life to make sure the family had resources and just been really involved and then made sure that we were involved," said Wilson's daughter Debbie Montgomery.

Wilson raised her family in St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood — a vibrant Black community that thrived until the construction of Interstate 94 systematically destroyed the

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