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DESCRIPTION:The City of Alexandria will observe the 35th Annual Days of Rem
 embrance (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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X-WR-CALDESC:Days of Remembrance 2024 on May 6\, 2024
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CATEGORIES:Adult,Arts,City Council,City Council Calendar,City Hall,King Str
 eet,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town,Recreation,Tourism
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c
 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57284\n\nThe commemoration will
  take place at noon on Monday\, May 6\, in Market Square\, 301 King St.\n\
 nThe speaker for this year's Days of Remembrance will be Dr. Alfred M?nzer
 \, a a recently retired 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 Council will light a candelabrum that the late Holocaust 
 survivor Charlene Schiff and her husband\, Ed\, donated to the City. The 5
 4-inch high\, solid brass candelabrum was donated in memory of Charlene Sc
 hiff's parents and sister\, and the six million Jews and millions of other
 s who perished in the Holocaust. The Schiff candelabrum is also made avail
 able to schools and civic groups studying the Holocaust.\n\nThe U.S. Holoc
 aust Memorial Museum leads the nation in the weeklong Days of Remembrance 
 commemoration\, in accordance with Congressional mandate.\n\nInformation o
 n 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. Holocaust Memoria
 l Museum's website at www.ushmm.org\, or visit the museum in person in Was
 hington\, D.C.\n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nContact Person: 
 Cheryl Anne 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 & H
 istoric Alexandria\, Old Town\, Recreation\, Tourism\n\nImport this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&s
 i=57284\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRPCA Website\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Re
 creation\nFind out more about the Department of Recreation\, Parks & Cultu
 ral Activities (RPCA).\n\nRPCA Social Media\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/
 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
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