We received the following: Several weeks ago, I (through my Georgetown Center for Living History) was asked by the Smithsonian Institute's Associate Program Director to propose several programs: Commemorations of WW II and the American Civil War plus the National Security Decision Making Game (NSDM). Also, The Georgetown Center for Living History and the Army Heritage Center Foundation are partnering to host The American Civil War in Miniature Series - Chapter One: Gettysburg on September 9 - 12th. 1) The Commemoration of WW II - Weekend of June 11 - 13, 2004: This event would coincide with the WW II Memorial Dedication to be held in Washington on Memorial Day. The proposal was enthusiastically received and we are finalizing plans for making "WW II in Miniature" a memorable experience for the 80 attendees. The following DC area GM's are working with me on this project which will promote our hobby and providing visibility to an important audience. Todd Kauderer - Pacific (Guadalcanal) Naval Battle Mike Pierce - 15 mm Eastern Front Tom Garnett - 20mm Airborne Assault on Crete Rich Hasenauer - 15mm France 1944 Fred Haub - 45mm Urban Battle (Tentatively) Hal Dyson - Air Force Battle Friday evening - We will present a general overview of WW II, explain wargaming history, how it works, present the scenarios, ask the attendees to proritize their scenario interests and assign the attendees into table groups. Saturday AM, we will have one round of 3 hour games. Have lunch and switch the groups to a different table and another experience for Saturday PM. Sunday AM - A third round of games, Lunch followed by an AAR and Prizes to the MVP's ;-) We should get some media attention and perhaps a few new hobbiests from this effort. I would appreciate your thoughts on anything we should change or add. 2) In the Fall, we will present The National Security Decision Making Game (NSDM) hosted by Dan and Mark McDonagh. We are working on a date and would like to hear any Washington area GM's who would volunteer to be game controllers. 3) Also starting in the Fall or early in 2005, we will program a series of miniatures events to commemorate the American Civil War. I expect this to be about a 6 session series and follow the course of the war with selected battles and discussions. This series will complement a series of lectures and battlefield tours that have been very popular at the Smithsonian by former Director of the National Park Service, Ed Bearrs. 4) On September 9 - 12, 2004 The Georgetown Center for Living History will partner with the The Army Heritage Center Foundation to host the first of an annual series of programs to commemorate the American Civil War. These will be held at the Army War College at located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Several well known authors will be speaking and tours to the famous Army War College Research Library and Museum will be conducted. The Battle of Gettysburg in 25mm will be our first event of the series. Lee Burger, Pete Panzeri, Ron Prillaman, Dave Waxtel and I are providing most of the figures. Joe Brimer of the Battle Barn in Williamsburg, Virginia is creating the magnificent scenery and terrain (remember JodieCon's Borodino '02?) Rich Hasenauer and Tony Figlia are fine tuning Fire and Fury Regimental Rules. Be sure to join in the Fire and Fury Regimental event to be held at Cold Wars, Historicon, Little Wars and other conventions this year to gain experience. Lee Burger will be General Robert E. Lee guiding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Dave Waxtel will be leading the Union Army of the Potomac. The event will be topped off on Sunday with an Awards Luncheon, a guided tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield and a Farewell Dinner at Farnsworth's Historic Restaurant. Pete and Jodie Panzeri are handling the communications at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gettysburg/ You can discuss the rules, etc. at: http://www.fireandfury.com/phorum/list and you can enlist at: http:///www.pictorsstudio.com/gettysburg.htm Anything else: Fred Hubig frdhubig@concentric.net Back to 1st Quarter 2004 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com