Conneaut D-DAY ReEnactment Help Needed Aug 19/20

[Ratchett]

Hello everyone!!

Birdman has secured an Appleseed table during for the D-DAY reenactment on August 19/20. He could use staffing help those days. Please, anyone in the area or willing to travel to Conneaut, get in touch with Roger and let him know you can help out.

This is another 7th step opportunity we cannot let go by folks. This is a group of people who should be supportive of our mission/message.

Thank you all for considering this event!!

In His grip,
ratchett

[Birdman]

Thanks Ratchett!
This event is growing every year.  Last year there were about 6,000 spectators and 448 re-enactors.  (The Germans lost AGAIN!)
A vendor area is set up, which is where the Appleseed tent will be.
Usually several landing craft and replica P-51s join the show.
I am looking to borrow an Appleseed banner for the tent.
edit: (pretty sure I have a banner lined up )
Here is a link:  http://www.ddayohio.us/
Birdman

[slim]

I'll check my schedule. This is definitely a possiblity.

I heard the Germans are going to lose again this year too!

[Birdman]

Ok, here is a short report, with pictures.
651 re-enactors participated. Dozens of vehicles, period motorcycles, tracked vehicles, numerous large personnel transports, replica P-51s, a B25 , and loads of GIs and Germans, guys and gals, with all the accouterments.
Several thousand spectators.
I had about 2 dozen real good contacts,with genuine interest that I think will be attending an Appleseed.
I really made a hit with one particular 3 yr old.  He was ready to go plant appleseeds right now. That's the spirit!
Here are some pictures:

[slim]

I'm bumping this back to the top after watching a show the other day and seeing this thing in action. Birdman's posted some really neat pictures and told us all about it in the past, but I didn't really grasp the enormity of it until seeing it on the boob tube.

We need to make a concerted effort to promo the heck out of this event this year. It looks like we could make some really solid nationwide contacts and it also looks like a lot of fun!

I hope many of you will start looking at the schedule and kind of setting that weekend aside. This year it's Aug. 17-18 and we need to show out. Strong! Just like our boys did back in '44.

Hope to see you there!

[slim]

Link - http://conneautohio.gov/?p=128

[Ratchett]

Agreed Slim!!

Save this date folks!

[Birdman]

I will do some boots on the ground here and get this started.
It is really a HUGE event now, the largest D-Day event in the country.

[Charles McKinley]

Looks like a great event and not too far from home.

It's on the calander.

[slim]

Do you hear that, folks? That's three of us going now.

Who's gonna join us?

[Uncle Davey]

Where is Conneaut at? Is the 506th PIR represented there? (Easy Co.) What would be our role..I take it as promo-ing AS

[Birdman]

Conneaut is on Lake Erie in the FAR Northeast corner of Ohio.
As far as the Appleseed set-up, it would be much like a gun show table...banners, posters, literature, redcoat targets, greencoat targets, other info. Answer questions, etc.
I had a dummy rifle stock with sling to show those that had interest.
I had a laptop with some Appleseed videos playing.

Maybe this ought to be a new thread so as not to get the dates mixed up.
What ya think slim?

[Ratchett]

Agreed Birdman, I tried to change dates for that reason but did not work. You may have better luck changing since you made original post.

IHG,
ratchett

[Birdman]

Ratchett, you started this thread....I was second
I will start another thread after I get the ok from the D-Day committee.

[Ratchett]

   I even read the thread from the beginning. Old timers setting in Rog, my only excuse--lol.