U.S. soldiers join pilgrimage to Church of the Black Madonna [Image 2 of 8]

LETNICA/LETNICE, KOSOVO

08.15.2010

Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steve Markowski 

130th Public Affairs Detachment

Votive candles burn outside the Church of the Black Madonna in Letnica/Letnice, Kosovo, on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug. 15. Thousands of pilgrims from the Balkans and other parts of Europe, and hundreds of Kosovo Forces, attended Mass outside the church where Mother Teresa received her calling. Among those who represented the U.S. in the pilgrimage
were members of the National Guard from Puerto Rico, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa and Connecticut, and Army Reservists from Alabama and Louisiana. They are deployed to Kosovo in support of KFOR 13.

• Date Taken: 08.15.2010
• Date Posted: 08.19.2010 12:07
• Photo ID: 310835
• VIRIN: 100815-A-8806M-262
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 911.32 KB
• Location: LETNICA/LETNICE, ZZ