Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorman Lays Wreath at the Motherland Monument in St. Petersburg

On January 27, 2020, to mark the 75th Anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorman together with diplomatic mission staff laid a wreath at Piskaryovsky Memorial Cemetery to honor the memory of the brave citizens of Leningrad and defenders of the city.

On January 27, 2020, to mark the 76th Anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorman together with diplomatic mission staff laid a wreath at Piskaryovsky Memorial Cemetery to honor the memory of the brave citizens of Leningrad and defenders of the city.

DCM Gorman: “Thinking about the heroism of the citizens of Leningrad and defenders of the city, I am reminded of the poetry of Olga Bergholtz:

We cannot list their noble names here,

There are so many of them under the eternal protection of granite.

But know this, those who regard these stones:

No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten