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Loudoun Awakening Celebrates Fifth Annual Bible Reading Marathon

Mayor Kristen Umstattd kicked off the event on Saturday, April 28 with a reading from Genesis 1.

The 2012 Bible Reading Marathon (BRM) commenced Saturday, April 28 at noon on the steps of the old Leesburg Courthouse.

About sixty people attended the opening ceremony in unseasonably chilly weather with light rain in the forecast. The program then moved over to the Loudoun Awakening tent positioned on North King Street on the patio adjacent to the law library to begin a public reading of the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. 

The Honorable Kristen C. Umstattd Mayor kicked-off the six day and five night event with a reading from Genesis 1. 

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