Chicago Police Memorial Foundation’s Annual Candlelight Vigil
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 7 p.m.
Gold Star Families Memorial and Park
The public is welcome to attend this solemn event
Exit 18th Street from Lake Shore Drive and head East to Waldron Drive. On non-event days, one-hour free parking is available at the southwest corner of Waldron and Museum Campus Drive. Located along Lake Michigan on the east side of Soldier Field, it is nearly five acres extending from McFetridge Drive on the North to Waldron Drive on the South.
Program
Following a statue dedication, commemorating Chicago police officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty, the Candlelight Vigil will commence in front of the water wall at the Chicago Police Memorial.
The Vigil will include brief speaking program including Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis and Donna Marquez, president of the Gold Star Families.
Following the program, the names of 550 Chicago police officers killed in the line of duty will be read by Gold Star family members, police officers and Chicago Police Memorial Foundation supporters. I will be one of the police officers reading the names of our fallen, in memory of my cousin, P.O. Donald Andrews # 15701 - End of Watch: 01 January 1975.
Included are the 2010 names added to the Memorial Wall:
Alan J. Haymaker
Thomas Gesiorski
Michael Twohig
Edward Healy
Frank Sedlach
William Ellfeldt
Edward Breen
Thomas Wortham IV
Thor Soderberg
Michael Bailey
Background: The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to honoring the lives and memories of our fallen heroes. The Foundation provides support and assistance to the families of Chicago Police Officers who were killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty.
For additional information please contact:
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation
1407 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL. 60607
(312) 499-8899
http://www.cpdmemorial.org/
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