FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
08/25/2015
Contact: Maria Elena Baca, Communications, 612-348-7865
News advisory: Ceremony opens exhibit recalling servicemembers lost to suicide
The 8030 Project, a veterans’ suicide awareness project, was
created as a community participatory public art project to raise awareness of
the veterans' and service members' lives lost to suicide. An installation featuring images from The
8030 Project is on view at the Hennepin County Government Center in the
Hennepin Gallery from September 4 through October 27, 2015.
Today: Memorial
procession, 12:15 p.m., Skyway Level, Hennepin County Government Center
American Heritage Pipes and
Drums and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office honor guard will lead a solemn
observance and procession from the Skyway Level to the Hennepin Gallery to
officially open the exhibit.
See the September 1 news release here.
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