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Salute to the Citizen Soldier!
Congressional World
War II Veterans Honored in Washington, D.C.
| 6:30 pm, Wednesday, February
4, 2004 |
| National Building Museum,
Washington, D.C. |
| Featuring
Tom Hanks, Honorary Chairman, National Capital
Campaign |
February 4, 2004.
Hundreds of friends
and supporters of The National D-Day Museum gathered
for a gala event at The National Building Museum
in Washington, D.C. to announce the Museum's $150,000,000
Capital Campaign. The event, Salute to the
Citizen Soldier, provided a chance for the
Museum to officially thank the US Congress for
designation as "America's National World
War II Museum" by honoring the thirteen Senators
and Representatives currently serving who are
World War II veterans or Holocaust Survivors.
Two of those honored, Senators
Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye, served as co-chairs
of the event. They were joined onstage by actor
Tom Hanks, Honorary Chair for the National Capital
Campaign, and newswoman Cokie Roberts as Mistress
of Ceremonies. Corporate sponsors included Northrop
Grumman Corp., Science Applications International
Corp., Entergy Corp., Frantzen/Voelker Investments,
Maersk Inc. and BellSouth telecommunications,
among others.
Tom Hanks spoke passionately
about the vision of the Museum and its founder,
the late Historian Dr. Stephen Ambrose, who exalted
the role of the ordinary men and women in World
War II and coined the phrase "Citizen Soldier"
to describe them.
Thanks to our generous
corporate sponsors, the Congressional Host Committee
and all who attended, the event was a huge success
and a great launching of our exciting Capital
Campaign. For more information on contributing
to our Capital Campaign, contact Trish Eubanks
at (504) 527-6012, ext. 329, or e-mail trish.eubanks@ddaymuseum.org
| Congressional
"American Spirit Medallion" Honorees
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Senate:
Senator Daniel Akaka
(D-HI) (Army)
Senator Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings
(D-SC) (Army)
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) (Army)
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) (Army)
Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) (Air Force)
Senator John Warner (R-VA) (Navy, Marines)
House of Representatives:
Congressman Cass
Ballenger (R-NC) (Navy)
Congressman John D. Dingell (D-TX) (Army)
Congressman Ralph M. Hall (D-TX) (Navy)
Congressman Amory Houghton (R-NY) (Marines)
Congressman Henry Hyde (R-IL) (Navy)
Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA) (Holocaust
survivor)
Congressman Ralph Regula (R-OH) (Navy)
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| Sponsorship
Categories |
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| Five
Star Patriot Sponsors |
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| Three
Star Sponsors |
Frantzen/Voelker
Investments, LLC
Maersk, Inc. |
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| Two
Star Sponsors |
Battelle
The Boeing Company
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Franco
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
The Microsoft Corporation
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Science & Engineering Associates, Inc. |
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| One
Star Sponsors |
Atlantic
List Company
Mr. Michael S. Bylen and Ms. Rachel Trinder
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
Cingular Wireless
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Cudd, III
Disabled American Veterans
ExxonMobil Corporation
Fabiani & Company, LLC
FMC Technologies, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Freeman
Gallagher & Associates
General Dynamics Corporation
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere
& Denegre, L.L.P.
The Livingston Group
Mail America Communications
National Distributing Company, Washington
Patton Boggs LLP
Raytheon
Saturn Corporation
SBC Telecommunications, LLC
Stephen Winchell & Associates
Stolt Offshore S.A.
Verizon Communications |
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| Congressional
Host Committee |
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Senators
Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye, Co-Chairmen
Senators:
Senator John Breaux
Senator Mary Landrieu
Senator John Warner
Senator Ernest F."Fritz" Hollings
Senator Richard Lugar
Senator Harry Reid
Senator Richard Shelby
House of Representatives:
Congressman Rodney Alexander
Congressman Richard H. Baker
Congressman William "Billy"
Tauzin
Congressman Henry Bonilla
Congressman Jerry Lewis
Congressman Jim McCrery
Congressman Chris John
Congressman Ike Skelton
Congressman Robin Hayes
Congressman Duncan Hunter
Congressman Curt Weldon
Congressman Dennis Hastert
Congressman William Jefferson
Congressman David Vitter
Congressman Charles Stenholm
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Congressman Jeff Miller
Congressman Roger Wicker |
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