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DESCRIPTION:The City of Alexandria will observe the 35th Annual Days of Re
 membrance (Yom HaShoah) for the victims of the Holocaust.
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SUMMARY:Days of Remembrance 2024 on May 6\, 2024
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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=57284\n\nThe commemoration will take place at noon on M
 onday\, May 6\, in Market Square\, 301 King St.\n\nThe speaker for this y
 ear's Days of Remembrance will be Dr. Alfred M?nzer\, a a recently retire
 d physician specializing in diseases of the lung who was Director of the 
 Pulmonary Medicine Department at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma 
 Park.\n\nDuring the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of City Co
 uncil will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charlene 
 Schiff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the City. The 54-inch high\, sol
 id brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff's parents a
 nd sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of others who perished 
 in the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to school
 s and civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n\nThe U.S. Holocaust Memorial
  Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance commemoratio
 n\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n\nInformation on antisemit
 ism and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the websites of the South
 ern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) and the ADL (www.adl.org). To 
 learn 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
  Anne Colton\nContact Phone: 571.238.2443\nContact Email: cherylanne.colt
 on@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Adult\, Arts\, Ci
 ty Council\, City Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old & Hist
 oric Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n\nImport this event in
 to your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si
 =57284\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRPCA Website\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Re
 creation\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\, Parks & Cult
 ural Activities (RPCA).\n\nRPCA Social Media\nhttps://www.alexandriava.go
 v/Recreation#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 2024
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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=57284">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57284</a><br />\n<br />The commemoration 
 will take place at noon on Monday\, May 6\, in Market Square\, 301 King S
 t.\n<br />\n<br />The speaker for this year&#39\;s Days of Remembrance wi
 ll be Dr. Alfred M&#252\;nzer\, a a recently retired physician specializi
 ng in diseases of the lung who was Director of the Pulmonary Medicine Dep
 artment at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park.\n<br />\n<br />D
 uring the ceremony\, Mayor Justin Wilson and members of City Council will
  light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust survivor Charlene Schiff and
  her husband\, Ed\, donated to the City. The 54-inch high\, solid brass c
 andelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Schiff?s parents and sister\
 , and the six million Jews and millions of others who perished in the Hol
 ocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made available to schools and civi
 c groups studying the Holocaust.\n<br />\n<br />The U.S. Holocaust Memori
 al Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance commemorat
 ion\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n<br />\n<br />Informatio
 n on antisemitism and hate crimes in the U.S. can be found on the website
 s 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. Holocaust M
 emorial Museum?s website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum in person
  in Washington\, D.C.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Market Square\, 301 King S
 t.\n<br />Contact Person: Cheryl Anne Colton\n<br />Contact Phone: 571.23
 8.2443\n<br />Contact Email: cherylanne.colton@alexandriava.gov\n<br />Au
 dience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Adult\, Arts\, City Council\, City
  Council Calendar\, City Hall\, King Street\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexand
 ria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n<br />\n<br />Import this event in
 to your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&am
 p\;si=57284<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/Recreation">RPCA W
 ebsite</a><br>\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\, Parks 
 &amp\; Cultural Activities (RPCA).<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava
 .gov/Recreation#ConnectwithUs">RPCA Social Media</a><br>\nFollow us on In
 stagram\, Facebook\, &amp\; Twitter!<br>\n
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