Klein Calls For Change in National Weekend of Remembrance to Avoid Conflict with Religious Holiday
July 21, 2009
July 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fla. (22nd CD), has issued the following news release:
Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today led more than twenty-five of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter calling on the White House Commission on Remembrance to change the date of their annual National Weekend of Remembrance to avoid conflicting with the Jewish High Holy Day of Rosh Hashanah. The annual weekend provides an opportunity for families who have lost a loved one in war to come . . .
Congressman Ron Klein (FL-22) today led more than twenty-five of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter calling on the White House Commission on Remembrance to change the date of their annual National Weekend of Remembrance to avoid conflicting with the Jewish High Holy Day of Rosh Hashanah. The annual weekend provides an opportunity for families who have lost a loved one in war to come . . .