ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — More than a hundred graduates gathered on Thursday in Pinellas County to celebrate one shared achievement — a high school diploma.
For one graduate, walking across a stage in a cap and gown has been a lifelong dream.
At just 14 years old, Eddie Horne was sent to Florida’s notorious reform school, the Dozier School for Boys, from 1964 to 1965. Horne said he and his brothers endured abuse and neglect…