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Public Information Office Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503990985"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk506281730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516701"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk12439619"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516609"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk2078108"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503990985"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk506281730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516701"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk12439619"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516609"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk2078108"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk503990985"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk506281730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516701"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk12439619"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516609"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk2078108"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk506281730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516701"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk12439619"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk2078108"><a name="_Hlk62516129"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">County
to Honor Fallen Heroes During Memorial Day Event<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk506281730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516701"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk12439619"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk2078108"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516129"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Veteran
Services to Host Remembrance Ceremony Outside Administration I Building on May 30 at 9 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk506281730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk62516701"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk12439619"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk2078108"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham,
N.C. –</span></b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Residents and visitors planning to observe Memorial Day 2022 are invited to join Durham County Veteran Services
staff as they commemorate the National Day of Mourning. The ceremony honoring Durham County’s military service members who died at war will take place at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 30, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Participants will gather in front of the steps of the Durham County Administration
I Building/Old Durham County Court House, located at 200 E. Main St., for the remembrance event. The ceremony will begin with opening remarks by Director Durham County Veteran Services Lois Harvin-Ravin, followed by the playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner”
and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Paul S. Crews, the Executive Director of the United States Department of Veteran
Affairs’ Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network 6, will deliver the “Remarks of Remembrance.” The program also includes the POW/MIA table presentation recognizing military personnel taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The public is invited to help call the roll of Durham County’s more than 375
active-duty service members who died while at war. The ceremony will conclude with the playing of “Taps,” traditionally played by military at burial and memorial services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The event is free, and seating will be available. Light refreshments will be
provided. Free parking is available at the Durham County Criminal Justice Resource Center, located at 326 E. Main St., one block from the place of the ceremony. Municipal parking garages and paid street parking are within close proximity to the event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For more information, call Veteran Services at 919-560-8387 or email to
</span></span><a href="mailto:veteranservices@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">veteranservices@dconc.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103677452"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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