GOVERNOR O’MALLEY AND LT. GOVERNOR BROWN TO PARTICIPATE IN 26TH ANNUAL FALLEN HEROES DAY CEREMONY

ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 5, 2011) – TOMORROW, Governor O’Malley and Lt. Governor Brown will honor members of Maryland’s public safety community who have died in the line of duty during the past year at the 26th Annual Fallen Heroes Day Ceremony.

Included in the 2011 Heroes are Trooper First Class Wesley Washington John Brown of the Maryland State Police Forestville Barracks, Sergeant Hector Ismael Ayala of the Montgomery County Police Department, Officer James Earl Fowler, III of the Baltimore Police Department, Officer Thomas Russell Portz, Jr. of the Baltimore Police Department, Officer William H. Torbit Jr. of the Baltimore Police Department, and Firefighter/Paramedic Mark Gray Falkenhan, a member of both the Lutherville and the Middle River Volunteer Fire Departments.

WHAT:                        Governor O’Malley, Lt. Governor Brown to participate in Fallen Heroes Day

WHEN:                        TOMORROW, Friday, May 6, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.

WHERE:                     Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens

                                     200 East Padonia Road

                                     Timonium, MD