<human>: Hey all,

So not long after we first started dating, my GF told me that she had been raped at a 4th of July party this past year. We are both college students, and the assailant goes to the same college, but is a year ahead of us. She tells me that the next day after the incident, she had went in to medical, and both filed a restricted report (which means basically that she can get medical coverage, but the assailant will not have charges pressed against him, nor know anything about the report) and got checked out medically.
 
She has ran in to him a couple of times on campus before (we go to a small school) and it's been devastating to her emotionally each time. Usually I can tell if she's ran in to him that day because she'll be very distant and not want to talk to anyone. I've tried to convince her to go to a counselor about it, but she keeps insisting that there is nothing to say.

So fast-forward to today, the 4th of July....It's now been exactly one year. She is away on the other side of the country this week for a mandatory thing that she has to do. I feel horrible that I cannot be with her to comfort her through this time, as i'm sure today will be difficult. 

Any advice on how to help her through this from afar? What to do, things to say? Obviously i'm going to be available for her to talk to all day and night, but is there anything that I should say to help ease her mind? Conversely, is there anything that I shouldn't say? (things that maybe the average person would think would help to say, but would in-fact make the situation worse)

I want to help her enjoy the 4th of July celebrations again, and not feel like this holiday is forever ruined for her.

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: GF was raped a year ago today, need advice to help her get through the day, and make the 4th of July fun again