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DESCRIPTION:The City of Alexandria will observe the 34th Annual Days of Re
 membrance (Yom HaShoah) for the victims of the Holocaust.
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SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance 2023 on Apr 18\, 2023
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CATEGORIES:Adult
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:City Council
CATEGORIES:City Council Calendar
CATEGORIES:City Hall
CATEGORIES:King Street
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
CATEGORIES:Recreation
CATEGORIES:Tourism
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=51816\n\nThe commemoration will take place at noon on T
 uesday\, April 18\, 2023\, in Market Square\, 301 King St.\n\nThe speaker
  for this year's Days of Remembrance will be Robbie Schaefer\, a musician
 \, songwriter\, and theatre\nartist devoted to service through the arts. 
 He is the son of a Holocaust survivor. The guitarist and songwriter for t
 he indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums\
 , including 2017's Sounds Like Home: Songs\nFrom the Musical\, Light Year
 s.\n\nDuring the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of City Counc
 il will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charlene Sch
 iff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the city. The 54-inch high\, solid 
 brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff's parents and 
 sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of others who perished in 
 the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to schools a
 nd civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n\nThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial Mu
 seum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance commemoration\,
  in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n\nInformation on antisemitism
  and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the websites of the Southern
  Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) and the ADL (www.adl.org). To lea
 rn more about the Holocaust\, go to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 
 website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum in person in Washington\, 
 D.C.\n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nContact Person: Cheryl An
 ne Colton\nContact Phone: 571.238.2443\nContact Email: cherylanne.colton@
 alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Adult\, Arts\, City 
 Council\, City Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old & Histori
 c Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n\nImport this event into 
 your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=51
 816\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRPCA Website\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Recre
 ation\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\, Parks & Cultura
 l Activities (RPCA).\n\nRPCA Social Media\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/R
 ecreation#ConnectwithUs\nFollow us on Instagram\, Facebook\, & Twitter!\n
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LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St.
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SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance 2023
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=51816">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=51816</a><br />\n<br />The commemoration 
 will take place at noon on Tuesday\, April 18\, 2023\, in Market Square\,
  301 King St.\n<br />\n<br />The speaker for this year&#39\;s Days of Rem
 embrance will be Robbie Schaefer\, a musician\, songwriter\, and theatre\
 n<br />artist devoted to service through the arts. He is the son of a Hol
 ocaust survivor. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Edd
 ie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums\, including 2017&#39\;
 s Sounds Like Home: Songs\n<br />From the Musical\, Light Years.\n<br />\
 n<br />During the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of City Coun
 cil will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charlene Sc
 hiff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the city. The 54-inch high\, solid
  brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff?s parents and
  sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of others who perished in
  the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to schools 
 and civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n<br />\n<br />The U.S. Holocaus
 t Memorial Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance co
 mmemoration\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n<br />\n<br />In
 formation on antisemitism and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the
  websites of the Southern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) and the 
 ADL (www.adl.org). To learn more about the Holocaust\, go to the U.S. Hol
 ocaust Memorial Museum?s website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum i
 n person in Washington\, D.C.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Market Square\, 30
 1 King St.\n<br />Contact Person: Cheryl Anne Colton\n<br />Contact Phone
 : 571.238.2443\n<br />Contact Email: cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Adult\, Arts\, City Counci
 l\, City Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old &amp\; Historic
  Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n<br />\n<br />Import this 
 event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&amp\;si=51816<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation
 ">RPCA Website</a><br>\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\
 , Parks &amp\; Cultural Activities (RPCA).<br>\n<a href="https://www.alex
 andriava.gov/Recreation#ConnectwithUs">RPCA Social Media</a><br>\nFollow 
 us on Instagram\, Facebook\, &amp\; Twitter!<br>\n
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