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September 06, 2019

Gov. Wolf Outlines Plans for Lithuania and Poland Trip to Visit PA National Guard Members, Honor Tree of Life Victims

Today, Governor Tom Wolf outlined plans for his trip to Lithuania and Poland to visit Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG) troops, meet with country leaders, and leave remembrances of the 11 victims of the October 2018 Tree of Life antisemitic attack at two Holocaust memorial sites. He was joined by PNG Maj. General Anthony Carrelli, and two members of the Lithuanian National Defense Volunteer Force, a 44-man platoon exchange that is training at Ft. Indiantown Gap until Sept. 12.



Governor Tom Wolf outlines his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_001.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Sgt. First Class John Nebzydoski, of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, listens as Governor Tom Wolf speaks inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_002.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf outlines his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_003.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf outlines his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_004.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> A mezuzah damaged at the Tree of Life shooting is pictured inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019. Governor Tom Wolf will carry the mezuzah on his trip abroad to the Paneriai memorial in Lithuania and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_005.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf outlines his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_006.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf shakes hands with Sgt. First Class John Nebzydoski, of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, before outlining his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_007.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf outlines his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_008.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf outlines his plans for a trip to Lithuania and Poland inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_009.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Major Gen. Anthony J. Carrelli, Pennsylvania's adjutant general and head of the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, speaks inside the Governor's Reception Room at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Friday, September 6, 2019.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17406_GOV_Poland_Lithuania_NK_010.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a>