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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE OUR VETERANS - REMEBRANCE,
REVERANCE, AND THE COMMANDER
IN THIEF IN THE SPITE HOUSE They stormed the beaches of Normandy. Almost 70 years later, the greatest generation stormed the barricades in Washington, DC, to view the memorial dedicated to them.
In a disgusting show of political grandstanding over the government shutdown, President Obama chose to shut down open air, minimally maintained war memorials in our nation’s capital, including the privately funded WWII Memorial, the Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, and the Normandy (France) American Cemetery. His minions intentionally slammed the door in the faces of four busloads of WWII veterans from Mississippi visiting their memorial as part of a probably once-in-a-lifetime Honor Flight tour. Having stormed beaches and battlefields, they were not deterred and stormed the barricades. Organizers said the trip took months of planning and nearly $100,000 in donations for airfare, food and buses. At the same time, five families of military members killed in Afghanistan were delivered a double whammy by the government. Not only were their loved ones dead, but, due to the government shutdown, they wouldn’t receive the usual $100,000 death benefit to pay funeral costs and to help with living expenses normally covered by the soldier’s paycheck. Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), said the failure to make the payments “confirms that the administration is trying to inflict as much pain as possible on our nation’s most vulnerable people during the government shutdown.” The families had to rely on private charity from the Fisher House Foundation. Barack Obama grew up mostly abroad and learned little about America. When, as an impressionable young man, he returned to America, he had a Marxist mentor, and later hung out with the likes of the unrepentant terrorist bomber, Bill Ayers. Considering his past is a way to understand how, as Commander-in-Chief, he could forget the debt owed vets and also abandon his own ambassador and entailed security detail to slowly twist in the flames of Benghazi. Forgotten? Abandoned? It doesn’t have to be this way. As we approach Veterans Day, salute their service and honor their memory, especially now, but always. On Veteran’s Day, put out an American flag, visit a cemetery, donate to a veterans’ charity, attend the parade in DeLand (see page 4). There are no greater patriots than those who served our country in battles past and present, enduring unimaginable circumstances and painful separation from those who love them most. They are our heroes – their lives filled with stories of courage, sacrifice and committment. They are our veterans - they fought, some died, and others live with the scars of war... so that we might be FREE. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Marshall Bone, President
Let our veterans inspire you. Let this season of miracles inspire you. Reach out. Be grateful. Be joyous. Be bold. Have a plan.
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“Honor to the solider, and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his county’s cause. Honor to him … who braves for the common good the storms of Heaven and the storms of battle.” – Abraham Lincoln, letter to G. Opdyk, Dec. 2, 1863.
NEXT MEETING
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November 19 at 12:00 p.m.
Lunch 11:30 a.m.
The Sand Hill Golf Course
800 E. Euclid Avenue, DeLand
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GUEST SPEAKER
Naomi Weiss ♦♦♦♦♦
District Representative for Congressman Ron DeSantis
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An American Christmas Miracle
December 1776 was a desperate time for George Washington and the American Revolution. The ragtag Continental Army was encamped along the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware River exhausted, demoralized and uncertain of its future. To compound Washington's problems, the enlistments of the majority of the militias under his command were due to expire at the end of the month and the troops return to their homes. Washington had to do something and quickly. His decision was to attack the British. The target was the Hessian-held town of Trenton, just across the Delaware River. On the morning of December 25, 1776, Continental soldiers woke up in their camps along the Delaware River to a frozen, snowy covered ground.
Weather conditions worsened and temperatures continued to drop throughout the day. A severe winter storm that included wind, rain, snow, hail, and sleet met the soldiers at the banks of the river, significantly slowing their crossing. Many of the boats had to combat ice jams and unfavorable currents. The men’s horses balked at the river’s edge. To make matters even worse, the extreme darkness caused by the storm made it hard for the boatmen to see the opposite shore. The necessity of using larger ferries to carry pieces of artillery across the river caused even more delays. Washington crossed the river with John Glover's famed, crackerjack Marblehead (MA) mariners and upon arrival debated whether or not to cancel the entire operation because it was more than three hours behind schedule. Washington decided it was too costly to retreat, and he painfully watched as his army continued to trickle across the river. O, HOLY NIGHT! O, HOLY MIGHT! MIRABILE DICTU!
Elisha Bostwick was a soldier in the Continental Army who took part in the battle and published his memoirs shortly after. We join his story as Washington (whom he refers to as "his Excellency") and his force begin to cross the Delaware: "[Our] army passed through Bethlehem and Moravian town and so on to the Delaware which we crossed 9 miles north of Trenton and encamped on the Pennsylvania side and there remained to the 24th December. [O]ur whole army was then set on motion and toward evening began to re-cross the Delaware but by obstructions of ice in the river did not all get across till quite late in the evening, and all the time a constant fall of snow with some rain, and finally our march began with the torches of our field pieces stuck in the exhalters. [They] sparkled and blazed in the storm all night and about day light a halt was made at which time his Excellency and aids came near to the front on the side of the path where soldiers stood. I heard his Excellency as he was coming on speaking to and encouraging the soldiers. The words he spoke as he passed by where I stood and in my hearing were these: ‘Soldiers, keep by your officers. For God's sake, keep by your officers!’ Spoke in a deep and solemn voice. While passing a slanting, slippery bank his Excellency's horse's hind feet both slipped from under him, and he seized his horse's mane and the horse recovered. Our horses were then unharnessed and the artillery men prepared. We marched on and it was not long before we heard the out sentries of the enemy both on the road we were in and the eastern road, and their out guards retreated firing, and our army, then with a quick step pushing on upon both roads, at the same time entered the town. Their artillery taken, they resigned with little opposition, about nine hundred, all Hessians, with 4 brass field pieces; the remainder crossing the bridge at the lower end of the town escaped.... Marched the next day with our prisoners back to an encampment. I here make a few remarks as to the personal appearance of the Hessians.
George Washington at Prayer
They are of a moderate stature, rather broad shoulders, their limbs not of equal proportion, light complexion with a bluish tinge, hair cued as tight to head as possible, sticking straight back like the handle of an iron skillet. Their uniform blue with black facings, brass drums which made a tinkling sound, their flag or standard of the richest black silk and the devices upon it and the lettering in gold leaf.... When crossing the Delaware with the prisoners in flat bottom boats the ice continually stuck to the boats, driving them down stream; the boatmen endeavoring to clear off the ice pounded the boat, and stamping with their feet, beckoned to the prisoners to do the same, and they all set to jumping at once with their cues flying up and down, soon shook off the ice from the boats, and the next day re-crossed the Delaware again and returned back to Trenton, and there on the first of January 1777 our year’s service expired, and then by the pressing solicitation of his Excellency a part of those whose time was out consented on a ten dollar bounty to stay six weeks longer, and although desirous as others to return home, I engaged to stay that time and made every exertion in my power to make as many of the soldiers stay with me as I could, and quite a number did engage with me who otherwise would have went home. " No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the Affairs of men more than the
People of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems
to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, first inaugural address, April 30, 1789.
Washington Crossing the Delaware is an allegorical representation painted by Emmanuel Leutze in 1850. The people in the boat represent a cross-section of the American Colonies, including a man in a Scottish bonnet and a man of African descent facing backward next to each other in the front, western riflemen oar the bow and stern, two farmers in broad-brimmed hats near the back (one with a bandaged head), a man at the back of the boat who appears Native American, and an androgynous rower in red shirt, possibly meant to be a woman in man’s clothing. The man standing next to Washington and holding the flag is Lieutenant James Monroe, future President of the United States.
MainStreet DeLand Volusia County Veterans Day Parade
November 9, 2013, at 10:00 AM
Honor those who have served our nation at this heartwarming annual parade. The parade
kicks off with a vintage military aircraft flyover and features veterans of all branches of service,
as well as military vehicles, marching bands and patriotic floats on Woodland Boulevard.
It is our goal to honor the sacrifices of all veterans and their families in a daylong celebration
in historic downtown DeLand. Downtown will be transformed into a festive patriotic display
with American flags lining Woodland Boulevard, patriotic music and activities for adults and
children. Go to www.mainstreetdeland,org for more details.
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On October 26, TARS held a car wash at Advanced Auto Parts in New Smyrna Beach to benefit Wreaths Across America. Its mission, Remember, Honor, Teach, is carried out in part by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies on a specified Saturday in December (this year the 14th) at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. Local WAA Representative Major Glenn Powers provided education and equipment. Proud supporters pitched in with eats and elbowgrease.
Ashleigh Jones and Mary Schulten Show Their Pride on North Dixie Highway on the Approach to Advanced Auto Parts
Madison Taaffe, Mary and Annie The Clean Team John Schulten and Josh Jones Proud Sponsors Dan Taylor Schulten, Brad Jollie, and John Shulten and Patricia Cobb
25 Teens and 14 Sponsors Met With Volusia County Judge Christoper Kelly on October 21 to Learn About the Judicial System and Celebrated Their New Knowledge With an After-Visit Pizza Party
Close Up of Judge Kelly and the Group Fun, Food and Friends at Stravros Pizza A Great Group Picture
If you would like to be a TARS supporter, or know a young person who would be interesting in joining,
contact RCWV Members Patricia Cobb or Judy Vingleman at [email protected].
To join, volunteer, donate, or if you have questions, contact
♦ Republican Club of West Volusia ♦ 572 Hobart Ave ♦ Lake Helen, FL 32744
♦ 386-337-8095 ♦ ♦ [email protected] ♦
♦ www.rcwv.us ♦
Catch up on upcoming RCWV, Republican and related
community events, photographs of past events, and links to valuable sources
of information at
www.rcwv.us
Your submissions of events, photos, and original
commentary are welcome. Email your submissions to
For Giving To the Republi-
Cans Care Canned
Food Drive If you have a business,
know a business owner,
or someone who works
at a business, please
consider the placement
of a collection box,
available from Club
member Eddie Stamm.
Contact Eddie at [email protected] and see
pages 7 and 8 of the newsletter for details.
And the Gathering of
Friends Once again, Marshall and
Raynelle Bone will
generously and graciously
open their beautiful home
and host the Club Christmas
party. If you have never
attended the Club party, you
are in for a real treat. Their
home is a true Christmas
wonderland! Each guest is
requested to bring a dish. And ladies, out of respect
for our hosts (and their beautiful wood floors), please
leave your spiked heel shoes at home. Please check
your emails for address, date, time and RSVP contact.
Please remember to bring canned goods to the November meeting. You can make a big difference at an unknown neighbor’s dinner table. Thank you.
The Volusia County Republican Party has started a Canned Food Drive for the needy.
We are asking all Republicans to ask business people you know to let us put one of
our canned food collection boxes in their business to help.
It is the right time and the right thing to do.
As soon as a box is filled up we will have volunteers to come and
pick them up and leave another box.
The Canned Food Drive will last until the end of December 2013.
PRINT THIS FORM and CONTACT CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS
WHOLESALE and RETAIL BUSINESSES, OFFICES, DOCTORS, LAWYERS and FRIENDS.
COLLECTION BOXES ARE READY TO BE DELIVERED.
If you are a business and receive this, please help.
REPUBLI--CANS CARE CANNED FOOD DRIVE
HELP US COLLECT 5000 CANS
QUESTIONS CALL TONY 386-235-7755
or contact Eddie Stamm of the Republican Club of West Volusia at [email protected]
Information can be faxed to 386-254-3402 or emailed to [email protected]
Thank You!
