News advisory: Ceremony opens exhibit recalling servicemembers lost to suicide

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

08/25/2015

Contact: Maria Elena Baca, Communications, 612-348-7865

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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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Look for more news on the Hennepin County website at www.hennepin.us/news.

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