August Coffee Call was
sponsored by Mayor Ronnie Marks and former City Council
member Johnny Crutcher. With roughly 130 guests for
breakfast the Museum is always proud to see everyone each
month.
The Museum had several
visitors in July, the Submariner Veterans toured the Museum
as did the Somerville Baptist Church Summer Program in
Decatur and a group from Birmingham. Other visitors were
from Singapore, the Netherlands and from Germany.
One of the Museum's
Saturday Volunteer's passed away suddenly July 23rd. Ryan
Parker, 28 years old was a U.S. Army veteran and a student
at Calhoun Community College.
The VJ Day Program is
still scheduled for August 21st at 2:PM at the Athens Senior
Center. The play is written by Jerry Barksdale, Jackie
Greenhaw and produced by Jackie Greenhaw. VJ Day begins in
our current day 2011 and then drifts back to the 1940's for
the celebration of the announcement of when the Surrender of
Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II. In
Washington on August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman
announced news of Japan's surrender in a press conference at
the White House by saying "This is the day we have been
waiting for since Pearl Harbor. This is the day when Fascism
finally dies, as we always knew it would."
If you haven't
purchased your $10 ticket for this program, you should
hurry! There are only a few tickets left and those are
dwindling fast! Call the museum at 256-771-7578 and come by
to secure your ticket. Also, purchase a ticket for the 'New
York Kiss' painting by Karen Middleton. This painting will
be raffled off at the play and tickets are only $5 each.
Teresa Todd
AthensPlus.com
August 6th, 2011
