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Home » Press Releases » Rep. Fitzgerald: Commemorates gun violence awareness day
MADISON – Today marks Gun Violence Awareness Day in the United States, the nationally recognized movement that honors 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was fatally shot by a stray bullet on a playground in Chicago in 2013. Each year, on the first Friday of June, advocates from across the country honor Pendleton, and all victims of gun violence, through the “Wear Orange” campaign, started by Pendl...