Friday, June 15, 2007
Fletcher Warren Civic Center
8:30- 9:20 a.m.: Exhibition Room opens/Registration/Coffee time
9:30a.m.: Morning Session: MC - County Judge
John Horn
Posting of the Colors: Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, Ft. Sill, OK.
Invocation: Rev. Marc Hander, Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem: Julie Reynolds
Welcome: Museum Board President Jack Gray
City of Greenville Proclamation by City Councilman Glen Steed
Speaker: Congressman Ralph Hall (subject to scheduling)
Recognition of Veterans
Musical Selections: Boys & Girls Club of Greenville
9th Grade Youth Essay Contest Winner
Guest Speaker: Michael E. Thornton - Navy Medal of
Honor, Vietnam War
Musical Interlude: Ms. Julie Reynolds
10th Grade Youth Essay Contest Winner
2007 Stamp Cancellation: Danette Steward, USPS/Mrs. Nadine
Murphy Lokey
Recognition of Murphy Family Members
Musical Interlude: Julie Reynolds
Luncheon Break 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
1:15 p.m.: Welcome Back, MC - Joe Bobbitt
Recognition of Veterans
11th Grade Youth Essay Contest Winner
Guest Speaker: Scott Palomino - Veteran of Operation
Desert Storm
Musical Interlude: Lou Ann Petty
12th Grade Youth Essay Contest Winner
Retire Colors: Sgt. Audie Murphy Club
Visit Exhibition Hall & play Audie Bingo until 4:45
5:30 –7:30 P.M.- Fundraiser Spaghetti
Dinner benefiting Audie Murphy Days 2008
Hosted by VFW Post 4011
$5 Adults, $3 Children under 12
Entertainment: Cross Trails Cowboy Church Band
Saturday, June 16
Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
8:30- 9:00: Opening Ceremony at the Hunt County
War Memorial & Audie Murphy Statue
Posting of the Colors: Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, Ft. Sill, OK
Invocation: Rev. Marc Hander, Redeemer Lutheran Church
National Anthem: Adrien Witkofsky
9:00 - 9:30: Coffee, juice & pastries at the Museum
10:00 - 11:00: Authors' Roundtable with Authors:
Millie Jean Coppedge, War Memories are Forever!
Ann Levingston Joiner, A Mythi in Action, The Heroic Life
of Audie Murphy
Harry A. Thompson, Patton's Ill Fated Raid
Lucncheon Break 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
12:30 - 3:00: Guided Bus Tour of Audie Country $15 per
person (prepaid tickets holders board first) Reservations required**
1:00 p.m.: 1st Movie Quiz & Prizes - Larry Winters
1:30 p.m.: Movie Joe Butterfly (popcorn
& soft drinks available)
Outside Activities:
Ice Cream Social & soft drinks
Horseshoes
Volleyball
Bounce House for children
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: FREE TIME
At the Museum Saturday Evening
6:00 p.m.: 2nd Movie Quiz & Prizes - Larry
Winters
6:30 p.m.: Movie Ride a Crooked Mile (hot
dogs, popcorn & soft drinks, donations accepted)
8:30 p.m.: Candle Light Rememberance at Statue
Directed by John Reynolds
Bagpipes: Gary Woodall
**Bus Tour requires reservations, which can be made (and
prepaid) by writing:
Audie Murphy Days Committee
P.O. Box 347
Greenville, TX 75403-0347
For more information about Audie Murphy
Days,
please contact the Museum at 903-450-4502.
