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Red, White, Blue Display 12 November , 2022 Bastrop, TX |
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16 November
2021After Action Report Red White & Blue Veterans of Bastrop Banquet
Event: Red White & Blue Veterans of Bastrop 18th Annual BanquetEvent
Purpose: Honor the Bastrop county Veterans
Date: Saturday November 12, 2022
Location: Bastrop Convention Center, Bastrop Texas.
Members of the Lone Star Military Vehicle Preservation Asso. Were requested to support the Bastrop 18th Annual Veterans Banquet. This will be our fifth year to support this event. Club POC is Madison H. Attendees were Domingo M, Rory C, Amanda B, James H and wife. Weather was good no rain. The club provided the M16, Helmet, Dog Tags, Boots and Sand Bags. Memorial display was placed on the stage as requested bythe event coordinators. Club members were dressed in uniforms or club “T” shirts.Display set-up began at 3:00 pm with our military vehicles being parked under the Building front porch. All our members assisted each other being ground guides and placing tarps under the vehicles to catch any oil leaks! Care was taken driving over the curb as not leave black tire marks. Vehicles was Rory’s big dually truck M1028A2 with Trailer, Domingo’s 1009 James H M151 Jeep.Event started at 5:00 PM with guests being seated by the Bastrop JROTC young men and women. The NROTC were very helpful seating the guests. They were a great help. The inside display included military Ordnance, and other Military equipment.The Ordnance display’s by Domingo and Rory were well visited and lots of questions. James H’s display of the Military Chaplin equipment was of special interest to many of the women. When the call to Dinner started the LSMVPA members started the removal of the Displays. This is done at the start of the meal serving because very few people visit the display during the serving or dinner. The club members were seated at a table in the main room and were seated before the guest speaker went on stage.The Event had A Guest speaker, Jeremy Stainecker USMC. He was one of the Marine Infantry Officers in Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom.. As the Platoon Commanderof a counter-mechanized platoon his unit cleared the road to Baghdad during operation Iraqi Freedom. After the Marine Corps he became a Baptist Senior Pastor of the San Francisco Bay Baptist Church. He is now working with veterans who have PTSD issues in the Might Oaks Foundation. In the auditorium during the meal being served many activates were going on. The veterans participated in a silent auction. Pledge to the legion, salute to the flag. During
the event a large screen projector showed slides of Veteran related photos many supplied by the attending veterans. This is a great photo History that these veterans took part in. This year the event was videotaped. At the close of the event the M16 Memorial was recovered by club members. Big thanks to Danny K for the loan of his M16 memorial.The Financial report shows that the event will have $ 30,000 after Expenses. This money will be divided between many VFW, JROTC Bastrop and Elgin and other Veteran Organizations. The money will only go to those organizations who have shown in the past good judgement of the use of the donations.Thanks to all the club members who participated in this event. I have already received agood review from the organizers and a request to do it again next year. They said do it just like this year and you will get the front of the building for your displays.
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