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Hi LM_NETters: I am writing to thank everyone for whatever support you might have given to the Day of Honor 2000 Project that I have been involved with these past 6 months. I wrote earlier that the US Senate had passed the resolution on May 18th. The House did likewise on Tuesday, May 23rd. It was perfect timing for the National Day of Honor 2000 in Washington D.C. on Thursday, May 25th. Then on Friday, May 26th, President Clinton invited Senator Edward Kennedy (MA- sponsor of Senate resolution SJRes 44), Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX - sponsor of House resolution HJRes 98), various minority WWII veterans, and Wililam Smith (Project Executive for Day of Honor) to the White House to witness the signing of the Presidential Proclamation! You can see photographs of this event at: http://www.dayofhonor2000.org/images/photoWH/index.htm I am so very pleased that the resolutions' passage was done in such a short period of time and I credit this being done through a grass roots effort. If you took the time to write to your congressperson, please pat yourself on the back. It is real proof that we are a democratic nation where just one person CAN make a difference! I hope you all enjoyed watching the resolution make its way through the Congress and found all the websites I posted of use to you. http://www.dayofhonor2000.org/Education.html If you are just finding out about this project now....there is still time to get involved. The year 2000, the last year of the 20th century, is the year dedicated to having Days of Honor throughout the USA to honor minority veterans who fought and died in WWII with little or no recognition. You are welcome to visit the Day of Honor 2000 site: http://www.dayofhonor2000.org/index.html and learn how you can become involved in having such an event in your own community...or get involved in one in a nearby community. From personal experience, I can tell you how totally thrilling it is to meet some of these brave survivors and hear their heroic stories. Also, if you have had any sort of event in your community and have recorded any oral histories from minority WWII vets, please contact me or the Day of Honor 2000 project <pevueinc@aol.com>. Bill Smith is still amassing information on minority vets throughout the year. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jody Newman jcnewma@attglobal.net (home) aka jcnewma@ibm.net (til 10/2000) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=