Corrections_Today_Summer_2024_Vol.86_No.2

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum Event

Honoring the fallen Winter Conference pauses for wreath laying ceremony T he ACA Winter Conference was a hectic time for many of its attendees with an all-day Education in Corrections Symposium, a terrific General Session speaker and over 100 workshops to choose from, most attendees’ time was limited. However, on Saturday night, despite a cold

the memorial. The memorial features four bronze lions — two male and two female — each watching over a pair of lion cubs. The adult lions were sculpted by Raymond Kaskey, the cubs by George Carr. Below each lion is carved a different quotation: “It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.” — Vivian Eney Cross, Survivor “In valor there is hope.” — Tacitus “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion.” — Proverbs 28:1 “Carved on these walls is the story of America, of a continuing quest to preserve both democracy and decency, and to protect a national treasure that we call the American dream.” — President George H.W. Bush Due to the inclement weather, the wreath lay ing ceremony was moved inside to the National

rain which soaked the National Capital area the entire day, hundreds of corrections professionals trekked across town from the Gaylord National Resort to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Judiciary Square of Washington, D.C. The event was to honor the nearly 1,000 cor rections officers enshrined at The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. At the time of dedication, the names of over 12,000 fallen officers were engraved on the Memo rial’s walls. Currently, there are 23,229 names on

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