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Schedule of Events 2009

Tuesday
May 5, 2009

Annual Blue Mass (Confirmed)

The Blue Mass will be held at 12:10 PM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church.  For additional information please call (202) 347-2713.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church
10th & G Streets, NW
Washington, DC


Monday
May 11, 2009

30th Local Memorial Service (Confirmed)

 The Auxiliary of the FOP DC Lodge #1 is proud to sponser the Local Memorial Service Honoring our fellow officers from the surrounding jurisdictions.  The event service will start at 11:00 AM and will take place at the Memorial Foutain located in front of MPD Headquartes at 300 Indiana Ave NW, Washington, DC.  If you have any questions please email the Auxiliary by clicking here.

Tuesday
May 12, 2009

Police Unity Tour (Confiirmed)

Arrival Ceremony will be held at 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Begun in 1997, the Police Unity Tour has raised nearly $5.6 million dollars for the NLEOMF. Visit www.policeunitytour.com, call (973) 443-0030, or E-mail info@unitytour.com for more information.


Wednesday
May 13, 2009

21st Annual Candlelight Vigil (Confirmed)

The Candlelight Vigil will be held at 8:00 p.m. at the 400 block of E Street, NW.  The event is sponsored by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.  No tickets are required and everyone is welcome.  Due to parking limitations, it is strongly advised that anyone attending the event take the Metro Red Line to Judiciary Square.  For additional information please call (202) 737-3400.

25th Annual Concerns of Police Survivors Registration (Confirmed)

The National Concerns of Police Survivors' (COPS) will hold their 25th Annual Concerns of Police Survivors Seminars from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 14 and May 16, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center.  Registration is for this event is mandatory.

Thursday
May 14, 2009

Seventh Annual Honor Guard Competition (Confirmed)

The competition will begin at 8:30 a.m. at John Marshall Plaza, located on Pennsylvania Ave NW at 4th  Street, NW. Awards will be presented immediately following the competition.  This event is sponsored by the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police.

Contact: Ken Roske
Fraternal Order of Police, National Memorial Committee
711 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
e-mail
honorguard@policeweek.org
www.policeweekhonorguard.com

15th Annual Emerald Society & Pipe Band March and Service (Pending)

Sponsored by the National Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Societies, Inc.  Assemble at 4:30 p.m. at New Jersey Avenue & F Street, NW.  Step-off promptly at 6:00pm.  Holiday Inn on Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.  5:00 p.m. staging area, 6:00 p.m. step off.

Contact: Don Gilmartin (732) 689-5267 or email Tonality13@hotmail.com.


Friday
May 15, 2009

28th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (Confirmed)

Sponsored by the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police and the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary.  The Memorial Service will be held on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. 

The Service begins at 12:00 noon and is expected to run approximately 2 hours.  Contact: Linda Hennie or Marcello Muzzatti at the National Police Week Hotline (202) 547-1651.

The Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held immediately following the Memorial Service at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, located in the 400 block of E Street, NW.


Nationals Police Week Memorial Night (Confirmed)

Join us friday night as the Washington Nationals take on the Philadelphia Phillies at the new baseball stadium in Washington, DC.  For ticket purchase click here.


Special Police Week Offers and Discounts

U.S.Capitol Tours

Police Week Capitol Tour considerations / arrangements have been afforded - throughout police week, but especially Thursday, May 14th, the Capitol Visitor's Center is holding walk-up tickets for officers & families - they would only need to show creds and/or invoke 'police week' for priority consideration.  Additionally, I can possibly assist with specific reservations - please give us a call if you desire to organize a specific time for a group/s - I would need the following:

  • name & number of participants in group
  • date and timeframe/s that they desire /can arrive within

Capitol Police of course will also accommodate as many folks as possible, and we too will be concentrating our efforts for the masses on Thursday afternoon and evening - as the new Capitol Visitor Center Exhibition Hall & Theatre will be open after- hours that day for our use.

If you have the availability to pass this info along to the attendees, please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Lt. Kathryn J. Stillman

United States Capitol Police

119 D St., NE,

Washington, DC   20510

202-224-8891 (o)


Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe's "Embassy of Rock-n-Roll" invites all National Police Week attendees to
join us on Tuesday, May 12th at 9:00 PM for a Rock n’ Roll experience unlike any other.  Kick Police Week off right with draft beer specials all night.  Conveniently located next to Fords Theater, across from the FBI building, and just a short walk from Metro Center, The White House, Capitol Hill, and the Fraternal Order of Police DC Lodge #1.  You'll be surrounded by 20 plasma displays as you drink with the stars and marvel at our world famous collection of memorabilia.  This event is open to all law enforcement personnel.


Police Week at the Newseum

To commemorate National Police Week, the Newseum invites members of the law enforcement community to visit one of Washington, D.C.’s,  newest attractions.

Beginning Saturday, May 9, 2009 through Sunday, May 17, 2009, federal, state and local law enforcement professionals can show their badge or official identification and be admitted FREE OF CHARGE to the Newseum.

The Newseum features some of the biggest news making people, places and events of the past 500 years in 14 galleries, 15 theaters and dozens of interactive activities.

Please Note:  This special invitation is only available for same-day admission to the Newseum and only for the individual presenting his or her law enforcement credentials at the admission desk at the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance.  Regular admission rates apply to additional members of the law enforcement professional’s party.  Those rates are $20.00 for adults (19-64), $18.00 for seniors (65 and older) and $13.00 for youth (7 to 18).  Children age six and under are admitted free.

Ford's Theatre

In celebration of National Police Week, Ford’s Theatre is offering all law enforcement officials and their friends and families $25 tickets for select performances of “The Civil War”, a theatrical concert featuring rock, country, gospel, folk and R&B at Ford’s Theatre.

Tickets will be available for $25 for the Friday, May 15, performance at 7:30PM as well and Sunday, May 17, at 2:30PM and 7:30PM. Please mention code POLICE WEEK at the Ford’s Theatre Box Office, located at 511 10th St., to receive $25 tickets.

"The Civil War" is a song-cycle combining the stories of Union and Confederate soldiers, slaves, abolitionists and veterans.

 

 


Last Updated: 4/29/09 mm