2021 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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FEBRUARY 6
WHAT: 507th Unit Admin Meeting WHERE: Zoom Call TIME PERIOD: None COMMAND: None UNIFORM: Civis NOTES: Planning meeting for 2021. MARCH 27 WHAT: Okinawa Patrol WHERE: Loess Hills State Forest TIME PERIOD: April 1945 COMMAND: 6th Marine Division UNIFORM: P41 Utilities, Leggings, Camo Helmet Covers NOTES: Combat patrol through the hills. APRIL 17 WHAT: Classroom & Field Training WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: April 1944 COMMAND: 1st Platoon Fox Co. 502nd PIR UNIFORM: Reinforced M42 Jumpsuits NOTES: Time to get back in gear! MAY 21-23 WHAT: Defense of St. Come Du Mont WHERE: High Point, IA TIME PERIOD: D+4 COMMAND: 1st Platoon Fox Co. 502nd PIR UNIFORM: Reinforced M42 Jumpsuits NOTES: D-Day immersion event weekend. MAY 28 WHAT: Memorial Parade WHERE: Downtown Omaha TIME PERIOD: WWII through Desert Storm COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Parade through downtown Omaha. MAY 29 WHAT: Memorial Park Rededication Ceremony WHERE: Memorial Park Omaha TIME PERIOD: May 1944 COMMAND: 82nd Airborne Division UNIFORM: Reinforced M42 Jumpsuits NOTES: Rededication event for the Airborne Memorial, Marine Corps Memorial, and Victory 95 Memorial. MAY 31 WHAT: Memorial Day Cemetery Clean-Up WHERE: Memorial Cemetery in Fremont TIME PERIOD: 1944 COMMAND: 82nd Airborne Division UNIFORM: Reinforced M42 Jumpsuits NOTES: This year we are honoring Lt. Elmer F. Hoffman who was killed at Graignes. |
JULY 4
WHAT: 4th of July Parade WHERE: Field Club Neighborhood in Omaha TIME PERIOD: Open COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Marching again in our favorite parade. SEPTEMBER 4-5 WHAT: 7th Annual Timeline Living History Weekend WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: Any time period COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Public display event. SEPTEMBER 12 WHAT: 20th Anniversary Rededication of the Higgins Memorial WHERE: Columbus, NE TIME PERIOD: 1942-1945 COMMAND: Various amphibious operations impressions UNIFORM: Open NOTES: All day event to celebrate and honor Andrew Jackson Higgins and the famous LCVPs of World War II. OCTOBER 9 WHAT: Operation Pegasus WHERE: Near Stratford, Iowa TIME PERIOD: 1944 COMMAND: F/502nd PIR and British 1st Parachute Battalion UNIFORM: M43s and/or Denison Smocks NOTES: Overnight river crossing rescue operation NOVEMBER 13 WHAT: Push to Luxembourg WHERE: Loess Hills near Mondamin, IA TIME PERIOD: Winter 1944 COMMAND: 17th Airborne Division UNIFORM: M43 Field Uniform NOTES: Immersion field day with patrols and foxholes DECEMBER 11 WHAT: Army vs. Navy Game WHERE: Local Beer, Patio and Kitchen - Millard TIME PERIOD: None COMMAND: None UNIFORM: Civis NOTES: GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY! |
