The date of the state’s Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day will change to accommodate the dedication of a new memorial on the State Capitol grounds.
Sponsored by Rep. Doug Wardlow (R-Eagan) and Sen. Ted Daley (R-Eagan), a new law designates the last Sunday in September as the new memorial day. Previously, it was the first Sunday in October.
Wardlow said the change is needed to incorporate the unveiling of the state’s new Minnesota Fire Service Foundation Memorial, which will be located on the Capitol Mall, near the Veterans Service Building. It is scheduled to be dedicated Sept. 30, 2012.
“This will allow family members of fallen firefighters to visit the dedication of the new memorial, and then one week later travel to Washington, D.C., if they so desire, to observe National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day,” Wardlow said.
The memorial will honor the state’s 194 firefighters who have died in the line of duty. A previously built memorial has existed for many years at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, but supporters successfully raised enough money to build a larger memorial at the Capitol.
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