[Scan-DC] Fwd: Virginia Public Safety Memorial

[Kenneth Fowler]

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From: RICHARD ROWLAND <richrowl at worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Subject: [Scan-DC] Virginia Public Safety Memorial
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Since a vast portion of our monitoring is Public Safety,  perhaps this may
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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Office of the Governor

Timothy M. Kaine                                         FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
    Governor
            December 21, 2009

Contact:                 Gordon Hickey
              Marilyn Harris, Dep. Sec. of Public Safety
Phone:                   (804) 225-4260
               (804) 786-5351
Cell Phone:           (804) 291-8977
           (804) 291-6825

Internet:                www.governor.virginia.gov
     www.publicsafety.virginia.gov



GOVERNOR KAINE UNVEILS DESIGN FOR VIRGINIA’S PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL

~ Memorial will be constructed in Darden Garden at Capitol Square ~



RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today unveiled the design for the
Virginia Public Safety Memorial, establishing a state-level memorial to
honor the Commonwealth’s fallen public safety professionals. The Memorial
will be constructed in the Darden Garden at Capitol Square, and will serve
as an enduring acknowledgment of the ultimate sacrifice made by those
valiant men and women who died in the line of duty.



“Unfortunately, every year Virginia mourns the loss of members of its public
safety community,” said Governor Kaine. “A Public Safety Memorial will
faithfully remember these fallen heroes as courageous citizens who proudly
and bravely protected the health, safety, and welfare of our Commonwealth.”



Since 1972, 352 brave Virginians have made the ultimate sacrifice in service
to their fellow citizens. Virginia’s Public Safety Memorial will memorialize
all those public safety officials who have lost their lives in the line of
duty, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, jail and
correctional officers, members of the Virginia National Guard and Defense
Force, emergency management and Hazmat personnel, alcohol enforcement
agents, volunteer rescue squad members, emergency medical services
personnel, conservation police, marine resource officers, state park rangers
and forest wardens.



Through Executive Order 52, Governor Kaine established the Public Safety
Memorial Commission to recommend a site and memorial design to honor the
fallen members of the public safety community. Chaired by the Secretary of
Public Safety John Marshall, this Commission included a diverse membership
of state legislators, representatives from state agencies, members of the
public safety community and family members of fallen officers.



The Public Safety Memorial Commission received over 60 applicants that were
carefully narrowed down to six final designs. From the finalists, Yoshikawa
Wright and Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture’s Memorial Garden Design was
selected unanimously by the Public Safety Memorial Commission and approved
by the Governor as the design that epitomizes what the memorial is meant to
represent.  The Memorial is timeless, provides a good use of space and
eloquently honors these fallen public safety officers. The design will honor
the lives of fallen public safety officials in an open space that will not
hinder pedestrian traffic and will allow for public events at the future
memorial.



The Virginia Public Safety Foundation has assumed the leadership of the
fundraising and contractual obligations of the Memorial. Virginia’s Public
Safety Foundation was formed in 1993 to support those who serve and protect
the Commonwealth and is the only statewide nonprofit organization assisting
all of the primary branches of public safety.



Governor Kaine was to hold a public unveiling of the design in the Darden
Garden in front of the Virginia General Assembly Building today, but the
event was cancelled as heavy snow across the state diverted key public
safety personnel for snow emergency response efforts. A model of the design
is now on display in lobby of Patrick Henry Building and is available as an
Adobe PDF file at:
http://www.publicsafety.virginia.gov/Initiatives/MemorialCommission/Memorial_Commemorative_Sign.pdf





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Richard Rowland
Richmond Building Trades
Secretary/Treasurer Emeritus
RichRowl at worldnet.att.net
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