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German-American Heritage Museum Grand Opening in Washington D.C.

by March 29, 2010 » Add more comments.
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Friday, March 19, 2010, marked a major milestone for not only the German-American Community in our nation’s capitol, Washington D.C., but also for all German-Americans.  We celebrated the opening of the German-American Cultural Center and the German American Heritage Museum of the USA at the newly renovated Hockemeyer Hall.  In Read more »

Chinese New Year in Hong Kong

by February 15, 2010 » Add the second comment.
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Hi Everyone, Just left Hong Kong today on my way back to the US via a layover in Tokyo.  Did not even consider that I was going to be in Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year so what a bonus.  All on the same day, Valentines day, Chinese New Read more »

Merry Christmas from Captain Bill!

by December 24, 2009 » Add more comments.
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I’m back!  It’s been so long since I have written for the blog.  It’s been so busy for me in the last 6 months both with my job and with DANK.  In November I was re-elected to the position of DANK National President for 2 more years, so there will Read more »

Milwaukee Germanfest on Saturday

by July 26, 2009 » Add the first comment.

Wow, what a day it has been.  The weather was nice but the festival was even nicer.  German Fest outdid themselves.  While the Milwaukee Air & Water show was going on at the lake front, our visitors to German Fest reaped all the benefits of the Air Force Thunderbirds formation Read more »

German Fest Update for Friday

by July 25, 2009 » Add the first comment.
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Well today the crowds came in at 3 PM and it got a little lively at the festival. The opening ceremony at 5 PM was a nice intro to the festival board, the sponsors and dignitaries including Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee. Our DANK PR tent did have quite a Read more »

German Fest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

by July 24, 2009 » Add the first comment.
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Hi Everybody, Greetings from German Fest in Milwaukee. DANK is represent this year a sponsor and has a PR tent where we can tell folks about our organization and sign up folks for our DANK credit card. Darlene and I did a lot of PR yesterday and will continue to Read more »

It’s about time for an Update

by July 18, 2009 » Add the first comment.
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Wow, does time ever fly. I have had some trouble adding things to the blog on my trips due to slow internet access and time constraints. I am on vacation now, but not getting any rest. My wife and I were supposed to be in Germany visiting relative right now Read more »

Mai Fest Adventure

by May 24, 2009 » Add more comments.
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I finally had time to update the blog again.  Since my last time to Frankfurt I have been extremely busy attending the Maitanz and 50th anniversary celebration of the chapter DANK Chicago-West.  After that I went back on a trip to Frankfurt and lo and behold it’s Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension) Read more »

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