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“Museum Launches Fund to Honor Slain Guard”

Baltimore Jewish Times reports:

“Museum Launches Fund to Honor Slain Guard”

“The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has established an endowment fund in memory of a security guard slain there.”

“Stephen Tyrone Johns was gunned down last June 10 by 88-year-old white supremacist James Wenneker von Brunn of Maryland during an attempted raid on the museum. Johns died from his injuries shortly after the attack.”

“To pay tribute to the officer, the museum has established the Stephen Tyrone Johns Summer Youth Leadership Program Endowment Fund. Under the program, 50 Washington-area teens will participate in a summer program to learn about the lessons of the Holocaust.”

“A fund established to assist the Johns family was closed last October.”

“Von Brunn was shot and critically wounded in the exchange of gunfire at the museum. He died Jan. 6 while awaiting trial in the case.”

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Stephen Tyrone Johns Will Not Die in Vain (Photo: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Stephen Tyrone Johns Will Not Die in Vain (Photo: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)