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52nd Annual Monument Lighting
December 7, 2023
6-8 p.m.
Mount Vernon Place
The air was crisp as hundreds of bundled-up folks filled Mount Vernon Place for the annual Washington Monument lighting celebration put on by Mount Vernon Place Conservancy. Food trucks and various vendors lined the sides of the square and various performers entertained the crowd onstage. But all of it was only the lead-in to the evening’s capper—the fireworks display framing the monument as its holiday lights flicked on for the first night of the season.
Left to right: Brendan Janishefski, federal contractor; Christine Guzzo, Provider Partners human resources manager; Pattie Janishefski, Round Table Strategic Solutions human resources manager; Gengy Vaikness, Baltimore County Public Schools infants and toddlers representative; Steve Vaikness, Loyola University Maryland assistant lacrosse coach; Mark Guzzo, pharmaceutical executive sales specialist
Left to right: Tami Jacobs, Soulage yoga teacher/massage therapist; Ispini, 4-year-old French Bulldog; Elizabeth Scollan, The Collective at Soulage yoga teacher; Michelle Géczy, Valtech COO; Amanda Briody, Soulage yoga teacher
Left to right: Jordan Sliz, urban designer; Ryan Rambo, first-year medical student; Tim Linaberry, masters student/“renaissance man”
Left to right: Calvin Young, Green Street Impact Partners general partner; Breana Ross, WBAL-TV reporter
Left to right: Janet Barnes, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center psychiatric RN; Sarah Wolf, travel RN; Matt Jordan, medical device sales representative; Melissa Thorum, RN
Left to right: Myrell Redmond, Baltimore City Public Schools teacher; Sage, 1-year-old Mini Golden Doodle; Vershawn Thompson, “Mr. Vershawn” DJ/musician
Left to right: Richard Mike, 10; Amy Hennen, Maryland Department of Labor legislative director; Dallea Caldwell, Voith Hydro editor; Christopher Mike, 8; Dr. Marita Mike, Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center hospitalist; Dee Taylor, attorney; Jenelle Mitchell, attorney
Left to right: Meredith Fisher, MGB Ventures venture capitalist; Chris Brooks, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts arts council & programming director; Cara Ober, BmoreArt editor; Todd Yuhanick, Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts interim CEO
Left to right: Ann-Marie Bruchey, Howard County Public Schools teacher; Cooper Bruchey, 10; Ryan Bruchey, T. Rowe Price equity market director
Left to right: Frost, 3-year-old Pomeranian; Lauren Grayson, Kaiser Permanente patient care technician; Marley Simon, 7; Mason LaPrade, 11; Jessica LaPrade, Needles and Stix owner/fashion designer
