2 September 2011
NEWSLETTER

OUR 13TH REUNION WILL BE JULY16-22, 2012

SHERATON NORFOLK WATERSIDE HOTEL

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

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Please keep your email address up to date with LaDonna
even if you don’t want it posted online.

Please contact LaDonna Bradshaw,
bb64members@aol.com. Or (601) 693-4614
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EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE

Zack Lindsey

GMG1           G2            Division

1987-1991

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPORT PRESERVATION EFFORTS OF NAUTICUS BY VOTING IN VIRGINIA'S TOP 10 ENDANGERED ARTIFACTS
So far 42% or the votes (5008 )have gone to this entry


 

UPDATE 09/02/11 2:45 pm

WE HAVE NOW FALLEN BEHIND IN THE VOTING TO Virginia Museum of Transportation: Norfolk & Western SD45 Diesel Locomotive #1776.           WE HAVE 5059 VOTES TO THEIR 6251 VOTES.  GET ON YOUR COMPUTERS AND VOTE FOR,  Nauticus: Battleship Wisconsin/BB-64    EMAIL YOUR FRIENDS AND ASK THEM TO TELL THEIR FRINEDS TO CLICK ON THE SIGHT BELOW AND VOTE FOR NAUTICUS:
  BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN/BB-64

THEY CAN VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS THEY LIKE.



Here's a new way that you can support Nauticus and the Battleship Wisconsin – by voting for us today through September 20th in Virginia's Top Ten Endangered Artifacts campaign!

This new campaign is designed to create awareness of the importance of preserving artifacts in care at museums, libraries and archives throughout the commonwealth and in the District of Columbia, and we're taking part.

Collecting institutions from across Virginia and DC have nominated items that they believe tell a significant story and deserve to be recognized on this prestigious "Top 10 List." These items may be ones that are currently being conserved, have a plan to be conserved or are simply in need of conservation. The campaign showcases the importance of Virginia's diverse history, heritage and culture and the role that artifacts play in telling those stories.

Nauticus has nominated the Battleship Wisconsin in this competition and we need your help to make the list. Please show your support of Nauticus by voting for the Battleship Wisconsin by visiting https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHdiSFh1a0N2OUxtT3FaLUFHb3N2THc6MQ and casting your vote today! Public voting takes place from August 15 through September 20.

Nominations will be reviewed by an independent panel of collections and conservation experts, and "winning" entries will be announced in November 2011. The public voting will be considered by the panel as they make their final selections.

"Conservation is a vital component of our mission, and Virginia's Top 10 campaign offers an interactive opportunity for supporters of Nauticus to become engaged in bringing the importance of this mission into the public spotlight," said Hank Lynch, executive director of Nauticus.

 

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FACEBOOK INFORMATION

If you are a Facbook member, you may want to check out the following two Facebook pages;

I Served on USS Wisconsin BB-64                   USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Reunion 2012

Neither of these two pages are association pages. Pages were started by former crew members wanting to rekindle shipboard friendship.

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If you have interesting stories about your time aboard the Wisconsin,
please share them with us. Email them to me at Dombb64@ptd.net

PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PRAYERS,
OUR SICK AND DEPARTED SHIPMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS