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<b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NEWS RELEASE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For Immediate Release Date: 05/20/21</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Contact: Public Information Office Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020</span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">E-mail: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Veteran Services to Honor Fallen Heroes During Virtual Memorial Day Event</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Remembrance Ceremony to Be Broadcast Online and on Durham Television Network</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham, N.C. – </span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Residents
and visitors planning to observe Memorial Day 2021 are invited to join Durham County Veteran Services as they commemorate the national day of mourning with a virtual ceremony in the morning on Monday, May 31, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The annual remembrance honoring America’s military services members who died while serving their country will be available for viewing on the Durham
Television Network (DTN) beginning at 8 a.m., and via the County’s </span><span style="color:black"><a href="facebook.com/durhamcountygov"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="twitter.com/durhamcounty"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Twitter</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nextdoor.com/agency-detail/nc/durham-county/durham-county-government/"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Nextdoor</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="youtube.com/dcowebmaster"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">YouTube</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
social media accounts at 11 a.m. This will mark the second straight year the event will be held virtually, a change from the normal in-person ceremony due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines intended to keep citizens and Durham County staff safe. The
ceremony will be rebroadcast on DTN, which is available on Spectrum channel 8, AT&T U-verse channel 99, Google Fiber channel 8 and Frontier Communications channel 70 from June 1 to June 11. You can check the DTN listings at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.DTNtv.org"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">www.DTNtv.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
for air times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">The ceremony will begin with opening remarks from Veteran Services staff, followed by the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Then a roll
call of Durham County’s </span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">375</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">known active services members who died while at war will be read, followed by a Missing in Action/Prisoners of War (POW/MIA) table reading. The ceremony will conclude with a playing
of “Taps,” played by military at burial and memorial services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">“In honor of all of our fallen service members, our nation will pause on Memorial Day in remembrance of a debt for which we can never fully repay to the young men and women who died in defense
of freedom, justice and peace; but a nation whose gratitude they will always have,” said Veteran Services Director Lois Harvin-Ravin. “So, remember them, honor them, and may they rest in eternal peace.”</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">Veteran Services also invites community members to visit and place a flag at the War Memorials in front of the Durham County Administration Building I, located at 200 E. Main St., from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For more information, call 919-560-8387 or email
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