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No. 042-02 March 08, 2002
Mayors to Visit Pentagon

Director of Administration & Management David O. Cooke will welcome 50 mayors of the National League Cities to the Pentagon at 2 p.m. EST, Monday, March 11, 2002.

The mayors will present Cooke with 184 roses in memory of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

The ceremony will be held in the center courtyard of the Pentagon. Media must be at the Pentagon River Entrance no later than 1:25 p.m. EST for escort to the ceremony.

Media without a Pentagon building pass must have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Media interested in audiovisual coverage of this event may contact Terry Mitchell at (703) 695-0169.