2023 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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JANUARY 14
WHAT: Unit Admin & Planning Meeting WHERE: Barchen Beer Garden in Omaha TIME PERIOD: None COMMAND: None UNIFORM: Civis NOTES: Talk through more event details for 2023. MARCH 11 WHAT: St. Patrick's Day Parade WHERE: Downtown Omaha TIME PERIOD: 1945 COMMAND: 17th Airborne Division UNIFORM: M43 Field Jackets and Wools NOTES: Hopefully with this parade we'll have the luck o' the Irish! MARCH 25 - CANCELLED WHAT: Operation Varsity Tactical Battle WHERE: Loess Hills State Forest TIME PERIOD: March 1945 COMMAND: 17th Airborne vs. Wehrmacht 84th Infantry UNIFORM: M43 Field Uniform NOTES: Later war tactical with the 507th against our in-house Germans. APRIL 29-30 WHAT: 507th Spring Training Weekend WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: April 1943 COMMAND: 1st Airborne Brigade UNIFORM: HBT Coveralls & M41 Field Jackets NOTES: Extensive unit training with drill and classroom instruction - overnight event. MAY 19-21 WHAT: Battle of Bloody Gulch WHERE: High Point, Iowa TIME PERIOD: June 1944 COMMAND: Fox Co. 502nd PIR UNIFORM: Reinforced M42 Jumpsuits NOTES: Overnight tactical event with Germans. MAY 27 WHAT: Memorial Weekend Parade WHERE: Downtown Omaha TIME PERIOD: WWII to Desert Storm COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Parade through downtown Omaha. |
JUNE 4
WHAT: Memorial Park 75th Anniversary Celebration WHERE: Memorial Park Omaha TIME PERIOD: WWII, Korea, Vietnam COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Big 75th Anniversary event at Memorial Park. JULY 4 WHAT: 4th of July Parade WHERE: Field Club Neighborhood in Omaha TIME PERIOD: July 1943 COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Back to defend our title. JULY 29 WHAT: 70th Anniversary Korean War Armistice WHERE: Memorial Park Omaha TIME PERIOD: Korean War 1953 COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Setting up a Korean War display at Memorial Park. SEPTEMBER 2-3 WHAT: 9th Annual Timeline Living History Weekend WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: Any time period COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Public display event. OCTOBER 22 WHAT: Fall Photo Shoot Event WHERE: Ft. Atkinson, NE TIME PERIOD: Open COMMAND: Open UNIFORM: Open NOTES: Any time period, any uniform. DECEMBER 9 WHAT: Army vs. Navy Game WHERE: TBD TIME PERIOD: None COMMAND: None UNIFORM: Civis NOTES: GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY! |
