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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s facility dogs along with the Red Cross volunteer and patient service dogs (and their handlers and owners), assembled at the flagpole in front of Building 1 (The Tower) for the annual Blessing of the Dogs Ceremony on Oct. 18. This marks the 16th year that this ceremony has taken place at WRNMMC.
Officiating at this year’s ceremony were Chaplains Brother David W. Schlatter, and Army Maj. Robert W. Fry, both from the Department of Pastoral Care at WRNMMC.
The ceremony is associated with Saint Francis of Assisi, whose patronage of animals and the natural environment made it customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on or near his feast day of Oct. 4.
(DoD Photographs by Harvey A. Duze – Office of Command Communications, WRNMMC)
| Date Taken: | 10.18.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.25.2022 13:51 |
| Photo ID: | 7478848 |
| VIRIN: | 221018-D-VU957-1037 |
| Resolution: | 4200x2804 |
| Size: | 6.55 MB |
| Location: | BETHESDA, MARYLAND, US |
| Web Views: | 10 |
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Annual Blessing of the WRB Facility and Red Cross Dogs at WRNMMC, October 18, 2022
Saint Francis
WRNMMC
WRB Facility Dogs Program
Blessing of the Dogs
