Queen to Pay Tribute to Victims
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Associated Press
Published: April 24, 2007
Queen Elizabeth the Second will pay tribute to the 32 victims of the Virginia Tech shootings when she visits Virginia next month.
There are no details yet about what kind of ceremony will be held, but a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said today the queen won't visit the Blacksburg school.
The queen will be in the United States to mark the 400th anniversary of Jamestown.
Governor Tim Kaine announced today that the queen has accepted an invitation to address a special joint session of Virginia's General Assembly at the renovated Capitol in Richmond on May third.
On May fourth, the queen is to visit the Jamestown Settlement living history museum and the Jamestown archaeological dig site, then go to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.
King William the Third and Queen Mary the Second granted a royal charter to establish the school in 1693.
William and Mary president Gene Nichol calls the queen's visit "an unparalleled thrill for our students, faculty, staff and alumni."
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