POLLYWOOD Derrick Dockery with Ted and Lynn Leonsis
Afghan Amb. Eklil Admad Hakimi, Deanie Dempsey, Gen. Martin Dempsey and Sultana Hakimi
Cameron Santos-Silva and Mark A. Welsh III
TAPS HONOR GUARD GALA National Building Museum | PHOTOS COURTESY TAPS HONORING FALLEN HEROES: The 20th anniversary of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) Honor Guard Gala honored several prominent Washingtonians, including Ted Leonsis, Nicki Bunting, Rep. Adam Smith and Gen. Mark A. Welsh III for their steadfast commitments to the military. In an emotional finale, more than 120 people who have lost a loved one in military service to America and were assisted by TAPS took the stage and received a standing ovation.
Connor and Nicki Bunting
Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici Christina Cox and Johan Schotte
Italian Amb. Claudio Bisogniero and Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio WL EXCLUSIVE
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CATHOLIC ART AND LIBRARY’S ‘ROMAN GALA’ Embassy of Italy | PHOTOS BY ALFREDO FLORES
Frank Kendall, Beth Halpern, Christine Warnke and Imre Eszenyi Anthony Pogorelc with Kathy and Raymond Flynn
ROMAN HOLIDAY: A select group of diplomats, politicians and museum supporters — including Medici descendant Prince Lorenzo de Medici — gathered to toast the Library’s many lifetime achievement honorees including Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, former Boston Mayor and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Raymond Flynn, and Raytheon Chairman William Swanson. Other honorees included Department of Defense’ Assistant Secretary for Procurement Frank Kendal III, Earth Day Dallas Founder Trammell S. Crow and artists Claudia Hecht and Luis Peralta. Funds help support the creation of a Catholic art museum in Washington, which plans to display a life-size reproduction of Michelangelo’s St. Peter’s Pietà by artist Arte Devine. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
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Joe Travez, David Newren and Claudia Hecht WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
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