20- Preparing for Veterans’ Day- summary of meeting on 4 October 2008
In this short episode of the Austin, Texas, chapter – H21 Southern Branch- of the Combat Infantrymen’s Association, we review several important events from the meeting held on 4 October 2008:
1. Veterans’ Day Parade details- in which the CIB Association chapter will meet between 7 and 7:30 am at the Congress Ave. Bridge between 1st street and Riverside for muster call. The parade begins at 9 am and ends at the South steps of the Texas Capitol building at 10 a.m. Then, at 11 a.m., Olie Pope, master of ceremonies, will start the presentations and ceremonies (on the 11th month, on the 11th day, and at the 11th hour–commemorating the armistice that ended World War I).
At the end of the formal ceremonies, and close to the noon hour, we will be placing the wreath of the CIB Association at the foot of the mock-up of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which will be at the bottom of the Southern Steps of the State Capitol building.
2. It was discovered that, due to previous commitments and changing schedules (along with the state of the high gas prices and transportation costs during this economic crisis), neither Bobby Briscoe nor John Torres nor Fred Castaneda will be able to attend the CIB Reunion in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Thus, we will not have planned representation of our chapter there. We will rely on the communication from the newsletter of the Blue Badge to give us an update.
3. The next meeting of the chapter will be at the VFW Post # 8787 which is off the northbound access road of IH-35 on VFW Road, just north of Braker Lane. Meeting will start at 18:00 hrs on Saturday, 8 November 2008 (so that members will not have conflicts with election-based activities).
The final part of the meeting digressed into a conversation of politically-based content about the candidates. However, this organization is not commenting on those personal opinions, and we will proceed to focus on the support for the disadvantaged veterans.
Also, there were 2 special guests from out-of-town that attended the meeting– one from California, and the other from Denton, Texas.
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