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REMEMBERING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF OKINAWA AND THE END OF THE WAR
FREDERICKSBURG, TX OCTOBER 16-20, 2025
Please come join us on October 17, 2025 at the National Museum of the Pacific War for our Annual Meeting followed by a special Seminar on the Battle of Okinawa by Robert Feinstein, Deadeye Dispatch Editor and Heritage Fund Board Secretary, and a Guided Museum Tour Featuring 96th Infantry Division Highlights Provided by Grant Hanson, Living History Coordinator at the Museum!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR 10/16-20/2025
Thursday, 10/16/2025
Guten Tag! Welcome, 96ers!
4PM - Free Tour of Altstadt Brewery Led by Brewers
Suggested Dinner Option: Altstadt Brewery Restaurant
7PM-10PM - Beer Bash Hospitality Social, Cypress Room, Fredericksburg Inn & Suites
Friday, 10/17/2025
10AM - Heritage Fund Annual Board of Directors Meeting, Classroom, National Museum of the Pacific War Followed by Battle of Okinawa Seminar by Robert Feinstein, Box Lunch, and Guided Museum Group Tour
Post 5PM Museum Closing - Group Dinner, Fredericksburg Brewing Company
Saturday, 10/19/2025
Morning-Afternoon - Free Time to Explore Fredericksburg or San Antonio
Evening - Farewell Group Dinner, Auslander Restaurant and Afterwards Listening to Live WWII-Era Music, Officers Club, The Hangar Hotel
Sunday, 10/20/2025
Auf Wiedersehen, 96ers!
ARE YOU COMING?
GREAT! HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NEXT:
1. MAKE HOTEL RESERVATIONS!
A block of discounted* rooms at the Fredericksburg Inn and Suites has been reserved for us until 9/16/2025; after 9/16/2025, rooms are subject to availability. Please make your reservations directly on-line at www.fredericksburg-inn.com (GROUP CODE is 96infantry) OR call 830-997-0202 or 800-446-00202 (ASK FOR 96th Infantry Division Room Block.)
*Note: Fredericksburg is a tourist town and October is their busiest season, so hotel prices are high on the weekends. The Fredericksburg Inn and Suites is within easy walking distance from the Museum and the central part of town. You are free to stay elsewhere, of course.
2. ORDER T-SHIRTS AND MUSEUM GROUP TOUR TICKETS!
Order By Completing and Returning the Attached Registration Form By 9/16/2025.
3. COMPLETE AND RETURN THE REGISTRATION FORM
Return Completed Registration Form By 9/16/2025 to: Liz Moroz Harper at eamh@sbcglobal.net OR Text/Call 214-726-5419.
NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL OR NEED HELP, PLEASE CONTACT ME!
Hope to see you in Fredericksburg!
Please checkout the Facebook page or the latest edition of the Dispatch for additional planned upcoming events.