National Remembrance Day for Homicide Victims Passes Quietly in Blount County

National Remembrance Day for Homicide Victims passes quietly in Blount County

Thursday was National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims. Since 2007, Sept. 25 has been marked as a national day of memorial for victims of violent crimes and their surviving friends and family, thanks to unanimous congressional resolutions passed on…

Baton Rouge community remembers loved ones on Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Across the capital area, families are in mourning, remembering those they lost to gun violence. "Since my son was killed on Dec. 30, 2023, it has brought me to a whole different genre of my life," said Yawanna Rashida Fillmore, mother of Dy'lan Fillmore. Fillmore said it has been two years since the shooting death of her son, and no one has been found responsible. For her, it's still a new feeling. "I've had …