Veterans Day Ceremony
November 11, 2011 2:00 pm
Brook Run Park
4700 North Peachtree Road
Dunwoody, GA
GPC Educational
Symposium Will Highlight Legacy of World War II
Dr. Thomas Graham is on a mission to honor World War II veterans. The Georgia Perimeter College Dunwoody history professor and former U.S. Naval officer has been inspired to organize a week long educational symposium Nov. 7 to 10, followed by a USO-style Stage Door Canteen and Dance on November 11.
Graham
teaches his students how what happened during World War II still affects their
lives today, because of the service and sacrifice of the men and women who
served almost 70 years ago.
“We
recognize that the number of World War II veterans is rapidly decreasing,” Graham
says. “This generation needs to know about them, they need to know how close
the world came to being crushed by the Axis powers. Most World War II veterans
don’t see themselves as heroes—they say, the ones that died, they were the
heroes,” says Graham.
The free symposium
will take an interdisciplinary look at World War II presented through a series
of talks and panels—from the literature of the time, to the mathematical
precision of the codes created to stymie the enemy, to the scientific
breakthroughs of the period.
The talks will feature community members who
are World War II veterans themselves, including members of the Tuskegee Airmen,
and other World War II “flyboys,” as well as talks by those who grew up in
Europe, Germany and China during the war.
Thursday, Nov.
10
10
a.m. to 11:15am Labor
Problems in Wartime
11:30
a.m. to 12:45pm Fly Boys of
WWII
1
p.m. to 2:15pm Great
Speeches of WWII
2:30pm
to 5 p.m. Film, “The
King’s Speech”
2 comments:
"It is the sacrifice of the best of us, by the worst of us."
W.B. Yeats commenting on the conscription of the youth of Ireland by the British government to be utilized as cannon fodder on the front-lines of World War I.
Does the City of Dunwoody have a Veterans' Hiring Preference?
If not, what is the City of Dunwoody's commitment for supporting US Veterans in seeking employment opportunities?
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