More than 1,000 march to White House
Christine Syzonenko
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Soprano Marta Zaliznyak-Derzhko performs with the Dumka Chorus of New York under the baton of Vasyl Hrechynsky.
Roman Ponos
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Inside Union Station, at the Holodomor exhibit’s information desk (from left) are: Andrij Chornodolsky, Sofia Ponos and Luba Chornodolsky. Mr. Chornodolsky was the chief organizer of the two-week-long exhibit.
WASHINGTON – More than 1,000 activists took part in an early evening march on November 7 from Union Station, the location near the recently unveiled Holodomor monument, to the White House.
Marchers, who carried blue-and-yellow flags of Ukraine and many dressed in Ukrainian embroidery, snaked through the streets of Washington as D.C. Metro police directed marchers and held traffic for the marchers as they passed by.
As the procession started to arrive, people lit the votive candles that were sold by the organizers. Some sang the Ukrainian national anthem prior to the arrival of Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
When the crowd finally arrived at the White House, Patriarch Sviatoslav, joined by area clergy and Catholic hierarchs, offered a prayer service for the millions who died as a result of the Holodomor of 1932-1933.
People lingered for some time in front of the White House, with many motivated to bring that high-level activism to their local communities. The majority of the attendees at the unveiling were unable to join the march, as many buses at that time were boarding for departure.