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Reunion of the 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII

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30th-patchThe next Annual Reunion of the 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII will be held on 26 – 29 March 2009, in Charleston, SC, at the Ramada Inn Charleston, located at 7401 Northwoods Blvd. just off of the #526 Expressway, in No. Charleston.

Hotel Reservation can be made at any time by calling: 1-843-572-2200

Program 2009

Ramada Inn, Charleston

Charleston, SC

26 – 29 March 2009

Wednesday 25 March

Early Registration 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Lobby

Thursday 26 March

Registration 9:00 A.M. – ?

Beauregard Room

Lunch On Own

Hospitality 1:00 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. Beauregard Room

Reception 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

Beauregard Room

Hospitality 8:30 P.M. – 11:00 P.M.

Friday 27 March

Breakfast 6:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.

At your leisure in Atrium Restaurant

Memorial Service 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

Laure/Caroline Room

Lunch in Hotel 12:00 Noon – 1:30 P.M.

Holocaust Survivors Presentation (more details to follow)

2:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Laure Room

Hospitality 4:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.

Beauregard Room

Dinner 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

Armand Room

Hospitality 8:45 P.M. – 11:00 P.M.

Beauregard Room

Saturday 28 March 2009

Breakfast 6:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.

At your leisure in Atrium Restaurant

Business Mtg. 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon

Laure Room

Lunch in Hotel 12:00 Noon– 1:30 P.M.

Holocaust Survivors Presentation (more details to follow)

2:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M

Laure Room

Hospitality 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Beauregard Room

Banquet 7:00 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.

Armand Room

Dinner

Speaker

Raffle

Sunday 29 March 2008

Departures FINIS!!

Breakfast 6:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.

At your leisure in Atrium Restaurant

Rates are $79.00 per room, and include Free Hot Buffet Breakfast for 2 persons.

Complimentary Airport Shuttle to & from Hotel.

Contact:

Carolyn Ware, Reunion Chairperson at: 1-843-899-7082 or cware@co.berkeley.sc.us

Or

Frank W. Towers, President at: 1-352-485-1173 or towersfw@windstream.net

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They’re everywhere.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 29, 2009|

The Museum today released the following statement:

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is deeply dismayed by the recent decision of the Vatican regarding the status within the Church of Richard Williamson, a Bishop of the Society of St. Pius X. Bishop Williamson’s statements denying the Holocaust are openly antisemitic and antithetical to the growing spirit of mutual respect that has characterized Catholic-Jewish relations for an entire generation since Vatican II. Holocaust denial is an insult to the victims and an affront to Catholics who rescued Jews. Pope John Paul II, who witnessed firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust in his native Poland, declared, “Antisemitism is a sin against God and humanity.” The recent action of the Vatican appears to lend legitimacy to Bishop Williamson’s opinions, official statements to the contrary notwithstanding.

During his recent visit to the United States, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI accepted as a gift a menorah in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The Museum calls upon Pope Benedict to make it clear that antisemitism and Holocaust denial have no standing in the Church and to publicly repudiate all forms of Holocaust denial and trivialization, whatever their source.

The Museum will continue to work together with Catholics who are committed to educating about the Holocaust and honoring the memory of its victims.

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The wisdom to know the difference…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on January 28, 2009|

A friend and co teacher burst into my room yesterday, upset and needing to tell me that a 14 year old student was denying the Holocaust ever took place, telling her that “images can be manipulated by computer, blah, blah, blah.” (She is an English teacher and the Remembrance song by our student Kylie was a culmination of our mutual Holocaust Days of Remembrance program last year with the kids.)
My first instinct was to let the kid know what I thought about his comments. Then again, this is what the kid is probably seeking- attention. He’s probably yanking her chain.  I myself have been attacked by cowardly types on-line or by email, and I’m afraid I did not trust myself that I would not unleash some pent-up frustrations. So I let it be and I will talk to the teacher about how things went and are going. And if I ever have the kid in class, we will see what happens- she was so upset she could not tell me his name.  And really I don’t think I want to know… forcing him to watch Schindler’s List won’t change anything. As educators we can try to persuade, but I think ultimately it’s about what the other kids learn from this encounter with Holocaust denial.  A lot of kids have not been exposed to it (though every third website in a Holocaust-related search seems to be devoted to it), and without having to point fingers or make examples, now they witness it firsthand…

The wisdom to know the difference… It’s not about the boy, the teacher, or me, but what rational individuals can learn from personal encounters with Holocaust denial.

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