<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ef44257f-7fff-6829-b097-ed0f179f6f98"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:600px;height:400px"><img title="2024 Days of Remembrance Commemoration" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/XDzCXcXfehdCBS5e4xvAc60RR8A0xr_AGlnl0oqVg40jcVJJIWbNTT9zDd1EMcdgb5wruMRBH10DsacEMa5nZM6DT1rMh-YTWKrkkm-3HuYNyc3daVyf0unE8Ea9OoWoLtuZgsSnxEI8dw0ptdaDb7A" width="600" height="400" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This week (May 5-12) begins the </span><a href="https://www.ushmm.org/remember/days-of-remembrance" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,87,161);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">2024 Days of Remembrance</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, our nation's annual commemoration of the Holocaust, established by Congress to honor victims and survivors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Days of Remembrance Commemoration will take place in the US Capitol's Emancipation Hall on Tuesday, May 7 at 11:00 A.M ET.  The ceremony will be livestreamed </span><a href="https://www.ushmm.org/watch/2024-days-of-remembrance-commemoration?utm_campaign=dor_2024&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=toolkit" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,87,161);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><a href="https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/president-joseph-biden-to-deliver-keynote-address-at-museums-annual-days-of" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,87,161);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">President Biden will be the keynote speaker</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> at this year's ceremony. The president's participation is especially significant in today's environment of alarming antisemitism and Holocaust denial. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The </span><a href="https://ushmm.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,87,161);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transp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e most inspiring story of Holocaust survivor </span><a href="https://www.irenebutter.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,87,161);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Dr. Irene Butter</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">At age 93, Dr. Butter (who visited my community of Battle Creek, Michigan in 2019) continues to be a true upstander, speaking regularly to students and adults and reminding us to take action so as to bring about meaningful change.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you for your interest and support.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:720px;height:626px"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/OcKiBVC5LXwtzZaFjLQpLq1vaHNjRqaycIqWQ9POTX5vOmEJgN6mx5U3ejUX16sHpyEVWcWbgraVehgidBEF7gj1r8z_LEaw1H1R-MsayLLmdjaDWO9oB2OX4DMKGhsHsZ1nySEAHpmvNN2DnGHosHU" width="720" height="626" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Margaret Lincoln, PhD</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://tpsteachersnetwork.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources Network Mentor</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian/past-honorees/" target="_blank">I Love My Librarian Award (ALA 2008)</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Lakeview Schools District Librarian (<a href="https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2023/05/25/lakeview-staff-students-honor-longtime-librarian-margaret-lincoln/70256563007/" target="_blank">retired</a>)</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email: <a href="mailto:MLincoln67@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">mlincoln67@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>