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Brendan Lyons grew up just north of West Chester in Downingtown, PA. He has a degree in history education from Villanova University. In 2004 as part of his Eagle Scout project, Lyons took up the cause of funding and building a monument to Charley, which now stands in Greenmount Cemetery in West Chester.