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Trinity united Church of Christ to N ever Forgetting the Service
Hold Special Veterans Day Service of Our Veterans
and Recognition James Rada, Jr.
On Sunday, November 8, 2015, Trinity United Church of Christ will hold It is estimated that more than so that their first-hand knowledge is
its second special Veterans Day Service and Recognition. The service will be 1,100 World War II Veterans die each available to future generations.
held at 101 East Main Street in Thurmont at 11:00 a.m., with a luncheon day. The United States and Frederick Rall, who has conducted more
immediately following the worship service. Anyone is invited to attend, with County is quickly losing its “greatest than one hundred interviews, said
special recognition being given to those currently serving and Veterans who generation.” that her most-interesting interview
have previously served in any branch of the United States Armed Services, as The Frederick County Veterans was when she sat down with Howard
well as any named persons who are deceased and had previously served their History Project is working to make Baugh, who flew one hundred thirty-
country. sure those important histories are five missions with the Tuskegee
The purpose of this very beautiful service is to thank the living and to not lost. Working with the Library Airmen, the first African American
honor the deceased Veterans in our communities for their dedicated and loyal of Congress, these county volunteers military pilots in the armed forces.
service to our country. Honored guests are Pastor Emeritus, Lower Marsh have set out to record interviews on “The white corps had a limit on
Creek Presbyterian Church and retired commander U.S. Navy Pastor Dale DVD with every Veteran they can the number of missions they would
Williams leading the service. Other participants include Sheriff Chuck Jenkins; find in the county. Their primary fly before they went home,” Rall said.
Honor and Color Guard from the Thurmont AMVETS; musical group Solid focus is WWII Veterans, but they are “The Tuskegee Airmen didn’t have a
Ground out of Fort Detrick; Wes Hamrick, Commissioner of Thurmont; also interviewing any Veteran who is limit and so they flew a lot of missions.”
Marty Burns, former Mayor of Thurmont; and other retired persons of willing to share his or her story. Rall said that she was also very
service. “We interview any Veteran,” said impressed with the Veterans who fought
If you would like to participate, please call the church at 301-271-2305 Priscilla Rall, director of the Frederick in the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
to indicate your interest and to give them some information as to when you County Veterans History Project. “It The Frederick County group is
served, branch of service, where you served, and any other information you doesn’t matter whether they were always looking for the names of
would like to share. This will all be printed in the program. Please RSVP as stateside, in the Cold War, anywhere.” Veterans who are willing to share
soon as possible. The group of volunteers was their stories. A volunteer will schedule
founded in April 2003 and, at this a time to sit down with the Veteran
Tribute to Vietnam Vets time, has interviewed more than three and record the interview on a DVD.
Courtesy Photo hundred twenty-five of Frederick Copies of the interview are then sent
Fred County’s Veterans. Members currently to the Library of Congress’ Veteran
Shinbur, meet bi-monthly in Rall’s Rocky History Project, the Maryland Room
Coordinator of Ridge home. in the C. Burr Artz Library, and to the
the Maryland While there are committees with Veteran who granted the interview. A
Public other organizations, such as the copy is also kept with the group.
Television DAR, that also conduct interviews, “These Veterans have opened their
(MPT) Rall said, “To my knowledge, we are hearts to us, usually painfully,” Rall
Vietnam the only organization formed in the said. “We should continue to give
Project, country just to do Veterans History them our thanks and gratitude.”
visited the Project interviews.” The Frederick County Veterans
AMVETS Post The National Veterans History History Project is always seeking
7 in Thurmont Project was formed in 2000 as part volunteers to help conduct interviews,
during a Pictured from left are Tom Joy, past Post 7 Commander; Fred Shinbur, MPT of the Library of Congress American as well as the names of Veterans who
Project Coordinator; and Ed Superczynski, Post 7 Commander. Mary Davis,
Wing Feed Post 7 Auxilary member, is in the car. Folklife Center. The goal of the would be willing to share their stories.
fundraiser project is to collect, preserve, and To help out, call Rall at 301-271-
on October 17, 2015. Shinbur was driving in style in a green KIA decorated make accessible as many personal 2868 or e-mail her at priscillarall@
with information about the project he’s promoting. He was on a trek accounts from Veterans as possible gmail.com.
throughout Maryland to spread the word about the project which honors
Vietnam Veterans and includes a three-hour documentary film told by and
about Maryland’s Vietnam-era Veterans, a weekend event to honor them,
a motorcycle honor ride for them, a state-wide traveling exhibit, and an
educators guide for Vietnam study in high school curriculum and middle
school oral history project.
Vietnam Vets fought in that
war because their country asked
them to. They went to a far away,
unforgiving, land where they
endured unspeakable conditions.
Many of them never came home.
Fred Shinbur is leading the way
towards a long-overdue thank you to
those who worked and fought in an
unpopular war. To learn more about
the initiative, please contact Fred
Shinbur at fshinbur@mpt.org.
Your Good News Community Newspaper
Serving Northern Frederick County,
Maryland, Since 1995
Trinity united Church of Christ to N ever Forgetting the Service
Hold Special Veterans Day Service of Our Veterans
and Recognition James Rada, Jr.
On Sunday, November 8, 2015, Trinity United Church of Christ will hold It is estimated that more than so that their first-hand knowledge is
its second special Veterans Day Service and Recognition. The service will be 1,100 World War II Veterans die each available to future generations.
held at 101 East Main Street in Thurmont at 11:00 a.m., with a luncheon day. The United States and Frederick Rall, who has conducted more
immediately following the worship service. Anyone is invited to attend, with County is quickly losing its “greatest than one hundred interviews, said
special recognition being given to those currently serving and Veterans who generation.” that her most-interesting interview
have previously served in any branch of the United States Armed Services, as The Frederick County Veterans was when she sat down with Howard
well as any named persons who are deceased and had previously served their History Project is working to make Baugh, who flew one hundred thirty-
country. sure those important histories are five missions with the Tuskegee
The purpose of this very beautiful service is to thank the living and to not lost. Working with the Library Airmen, the first African American
honor the deceased Veterans in our communities for their dedicated and loyal of Congress, these county volunteers military pilots in the armed forces.
service to our country. Honored guests are Pastor Emeritus, Lower Marsh have set out to record interviews on “The white corps had a limit on
Creek Presbyterian Church and retired commander U.S. Navy Pastor Dale DVD with every Veteran they can the number of missions they would
Williams leading the service. Other participants include Sheriff Chuck Jenkins; find in the county. Their primary fly before they went home,” Rall said.
Honor and Color Guard from the Thurmont AMVETS; musical group Solid focus is WWII Veterans, but they are “The Tuskegee Airmen didn’t have a
Ground out of Fort Detrick; Wes Hamrick, Commissioner of Thurmont; also interviewing any Veteran who is limit and so they flew a lot of missions.”
Marty Burns, former Mayor of Thurmont; and other retired persons of willing to share his or her story. Rall said that she was also very
service. “We interview any Veteran,” said impressed with the Veterans who fought
If you would like to participate, please call the church at 301-271-2305 Priscilla Rall, director of the Frederick in the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
to indicate your interest and to give them some information as to when you County Veterans History Project. “It The Frederick County group is
served, branch of service, where you served, and any other information you doesn’t matter whether they were always looking for the names of
would like to share. This will all be printed in the program. Please RSVP as stateside, in the Cold War, anywhere.” Veterans who are willing to share
soon as possible. The group of volunteers was their stories. A volunteer will schedule
founded in April 2003 and, at this a time to sit down with the Veteran
Tribute to Vietnam Vets time, has interviewed more than three and record the interview on a DVD.
Courtesy Photo hundred twenty-five of Frederick Copies of the interview are then sent
Fred County’s Veterans. Members currently to the Library of Congress’ Veteran
Shinbur, meet bi-monthly in Rall’s Rocky History Project, the Maryland Room
Coordinator of Ridge home. in the C. Burr Artz Library, and to the
the Maryland While there are committees with Veteran who granted the interview. A
Public other organizations, such as the copy is also kept with the group.
Television DAR, that also conduct interviews, “These Veterans have opened their
(MPT) Rall said, “To my knowledge, we are hearts to us, usually painfully,” Rall
Vietnam the only organization formed in the said. “We should continue to give
Project, country just to do Veterans History them our thanks and gratitude.”
visited the Project interviews.” The Frederick County Veterans
AMVETS Post The National Veterans History History Project is always seeking
7 in Thurmont Project was formed in 2000 as part volunteers to help conduct interviews,
during a Pictured from left are Tom Joy, past Post 7 Commander; Fred Shinbur, MPT of the Library of Congress American as well as the names of Veterans who
Project Coordinator; and Ed Superczynski, Post 7 Commander. Mary Davis,
Wing Feed Post 7 Auxilary member, is in the car. Folklife Center. The goal of the would be willing to share their stories.
fundraiser project is to collect, preserve, and To help out, call Rall at 301-271-
on October 17, 2015. Shinbur was driving in style in a green KIA decorated make accessible as many personal 2868 or e-mail her at priscillarall@
with information about the project he’s promoting. He was on a trek accounts from Veterans as possible gmail.com.
throughout Maryland to spread the word about the project which honors
Vietnam Veterans and includes a three-hour documentary film told by and
about Maryland’s Vietnam-era Veterans, a weekend event to honor them,
a motorcycle honor ride for them, a state-wide traveling exhibit, and an
educators guide for Vietnam study in high school curriculum and middle
school oral history project.
Vietnam Vets fought in that
war because their country asked
them to. They went to a far away,
unforgiving, land where they
endured unspeakable conditions.
Many of them never came home.
Fred Shinbur is leading the way
towards a long-overdue thank you to
those who worked and fought in an
unpopular war. To learn more about
the initiative, please contact Fred
Shinbur at fshinbur@mpt.org.
Your Good News Community Newspaper
Serving Northern Frederick County,
Maryland, Since 1995
