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Vigil For Sandy Hook Victims To Be Held In Ijamsville Monday Evening
A candlelight vigil will be held at Centerville Elementary School at 7 p.m. Monday.
A candlelight vigil for the victims of Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in Ijamsville, MD, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce announced in a news release.
Noelle Tate, the mother 5- and 1-year-old girls, organized the memorial to show respect and support for the Newtown, CT, victims and their families.
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“I’ve been deeply affected by the tragic events that took place on Friday," Tate said in a statement. "As a mother, I weep at the thought of those children being brutally murdered while innocently going about their school day. I grieve for the parents whose pain will never subside.
"I know that there are other parents feeling this way and I want to give everyone an opportunity to mourn these children and honor their young lives. I also want to show people that we won’t just forget about this and move on, that this will cause change. Their deaths cannot be in vain."
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The vigil will be held at Centerville Elementary School, located at 3471 Campus Drive in Ijamsville.
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