NAVA 34

NAVA'S 34th Annual convention was held at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Site:

Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1022

(800)875-5090
http://www.hfs.msu.edu/kellogg/


NAVA 34 GROUP PHOTO

1. Truman Pope 2. Kevin Harrington 3. Tom Gregg 4. Carita Culmer 5. Patricia Edwards 6. Joyce Schmale 7. Dave Martucci 8. David Ott 9. Lou Ellen Compton 10. Martin Francis 11. Beatrice Jones 12. John Schmale 13. Gus Tracchia 14. Larry Fast 15. Bernie Couture 16. Lee Herold 17. Henry Moeller 18. David Breitenbach 19. Robert Kidd	20. Christine Kidd 21. Kerry Chartkoff 22. Rich Kenny 23. Peter Edwards 24. Bob Coykendall 25. Kevin Murray 26. Janet Martucci 27. John Purcell 28. Kin Spain 29. Richard Monahan 30. Whitney Smith 31. Andy Biles 32. Peter Kindermann 33. Joe Donovan 34. Mark Ritzenhein 35. Dick Gideon 36. Harry Oswald 37. Glen Compton 38. Pam Fast
~Not Pictured: Peter Orenski and Sam Wilson~

Friday, October 6

2:00 - 5:00 Registration

7:00 - 9:00 Reception

9:00 Executive Board Meeting

Saturday, October 7

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast

8:30 Opening; Parade of Flags

10:00 NAVA Business Meeting

Noon Lunch (on your own)

Attendees brave the cold for a group photo
1:00 - 4:00 Tour of the Michigan Capitol and State Archives, featuring the Michigan "Save the Flags" project
Kerry Chartkoff shows off the flag cases in the Capitol rotunda where the original Michigan Civil War battle flags were kept

7:00 Cocktails

8:00 Banquet - Keynote Speaker is Kerry Chartkoff, Chair of the Michigan "Save the Flags" project

Sunday, October 8

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast

8:30 - noon Presentations

Noon - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 4:30 Presentations
NAVA Webmaster
Richard R. Gideon takes a question.

4:30 - 5:00 Driver Award Presentation and Closing

5:00 - 5:15 Information on NAVA

5:30 Executive Board Meeting

- SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS -

Martin A. Francis: "The Children's Memorial Grove Flag."
Richard R. Gideon: "Problems and Promises: Cyber-vexillology in the Twenty-first Century."
Kevin Harrington: "The Michigan Flags Project."
David LeGallant: "The Acadian Flag: A Flag for a Unique People."
Henry W. Moeller: "The American Flag: Signals to Symbol 1775 to 1790."
Truman G. Pope: "Flags in Combat-W.W.II."
John M. Purcell: "Confronting Tradition and Whim: The Design the United States Civic Flags."
Gustav Tracchia: "UN Poles and Flags, Part II."
Hunter Blain, four year old vexillologist will be presented.
Video presentation on various flag subjects.

THIS YEAR'S WILLIAM DRIVER AWARD WINNER IS KEVIN HARRINGTON of TORONTO, CANADA

CORRECTION
BURGEE DATA ARCHIVES
117 Airdire Road
Toronto, Ontario M4G 1M6 CANADA

At the conclusion of Kevin Harington's presentation at NAVA 34 I displayed a flag that I had just purchased and which I described as a burgee of one of the units of District 9 (Michigan) United States Power Squadron (USPS).

The burgee is of the Delsea, NJ. Squadron (District 5). The squadron received its charter on 12 December 1955. I have been informed by the commander that "The design of our burgee does not represent any particular theme. It was done by a local member who is a graphic artist."