Connecting Directors, 'NFDA Cancels In-person International Convention & Expo and Will Unite the Profession During Its First-ever Virtual Convention' (July 1, 2020) (republication of the NFDA release: 'With the recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in many states, canceling our in-person event was necessary to assure the health and safety of everyone' (Christine Pepper); New Orleans, Oct. 18-21, 2020; NFDA 'more than 20,000 individual members representing nearly 11,000 funeral homes')

Connecting Directors, 'NFDA Cancels In-person International Convention & Expo and Will Unite the Profession During Its First-ever Virtual Convention' (July 1, 2020) (republication of the NFDA release: 'With the recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in many states, canceling our in-person event was necessary to assure the health and safety of everyone' (Christine Pepper); New Orleans, Oct. 18-21, 2020; NFDA 'more than 20,000 individual members representing nearly 11,000 funeral homes')

2020: In-person convention cancelled (announced June 30-July 1, 2020); NFDA's first virtual convention held the week of Oct. 18, 2020 (S). 2021: Held in person in Nashville Oct. 17-20, 2021, 'After a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic' (S; fourth quarter of 2021). Usual dates: October annually (2020: Oct. 18-21, 2020; 2021: Oct. 17-20, 2021). Scale: NFDA 'more than 20,000 individual members representing nearly 11,000 funeral homes'; the 2021 convention drew '5,052 total attendees (3,316 attendees and 2,021 exhibitor representatives)' and 323 exhibiting companies (Connecting Directors, Nov. 3, 2021, whose sentence reads '2022' [sic]). Venue orders 2020: LA-018, LA-020, MET-MSY-012, MET-MSY-013, LA-069. Venue orders 2021: TN-035, TN-037, MET-BNA-024, MET-BNA-025, FED-020, FED-021, FED-050, FED-052, FED-053.