2009 Reunion
Columbia, South Carolina
JULY 23 -- JULY 26, 2009
20TH ENGINEERING BRIGADE REUNION
COLUMBIA (FORT JACKSON), SOUTH CAROLINA
YOUR HOSTS FOR 2009
JERRY COOK and GEORGIA COX
803/528-7363 803/622-1194
We invite you to join us in Columbia, South Carolina for the next Reunion of the 20th Engineering Brigade. We are partnering with the Community Relations section of Fort Jackson and the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau to ensure that you have an enjoyable event that is worth your time!.
Due to unavoidable issues, we have changed our hotel for this event; we are very pleased to offer you a less expensive room rate at a nicer hotel! The main hotel for the event is the Hampton Inn at 1021 Clemson Frontage Road, Columbia, SC 29229. (Phone 803/788-4901) We will be setting up our hospitality area in their spacious meeting room. We have held 75 rooms at the rate of $92.00: these rates are good for two days prior and after the event. Handicapped Rooms are available. We also have rooms at the Holiday Inn Express (803/419-3558) located next door at 1011 Clemson Frontage Road; the room rate will be the same. When making reservations, be sure to mention our group to get the rate.
We’ve got plenty planned for you. Fort Jackson will be providing buses from our hotel on Saturday for a tour of the installation, museums, ranges, and facilities -- complete with lunch at a mess hall. They will also provide us with PX privileges and an on-post authorization for our vehicles. In addition, Mr. Lyle Daniels, of the Warrior Training Alliance, will take all of us through a training session on the range, just like the recruits go through before heading into real combat situations. Don’t panic if you’re not as fit as you were in basic training…this is open to everyone, men and women, adults and kids alike. You DO NOT want to miss this! (BE SURE AND SEE HIS FLYER!!)
Thursday, will be check in with an informal meal. Friday, we’ll sponsor a golf outing on base -- shotgun start, 18 holes, first come, first served. Friday night, we’ll meet, renew old acquaintances, award the prizes from the golf outing and just get laid back at the hospitality room at the Hampton Inn.
Saturday, after our base tour, the dinner is on base at the NCO club, and is by reservation only. You may pre-pay if you like in the amount of $25. We’ll have predinner music by a Quartet furnished by the U.S. Army Band. Our flag ceremony will be presented by U.S. Army Soldiers on active duty. A guest speaker, will be announced later. The annual meeting of the group as well as a presentation by the 2010 hosts will follow immediately after.
This is a great place to plan a week long vacation. You won’t be disappointed! With both the Great Smoky Mountains and the Atlantic Beaches (at Myrtle Beach and near Charleston) between 2 and 3 hours away, either or both would make a fantastic day trip. Closer to the hotel, at Fort Jackson, is PALMETTO FALLS - a water park for young and old alike. Each night, from the steps of the Capitol Building, leaves the Columbia Ghost Walk at 8pm. While you are there, be sure and take a walk around the Capitol building and see the marks on the walls left by Sherman’s shelling. Columbia is home to the wonderful Riverfront Zoo, and the fabulous River Walk. Speaking of the River, you might want to rent a canoe for a short jaunt down the Congaree. You’ll love Columbia; it really is a Capitol City!
WE HOPE SEE YOU IN COLUMBIA IN 2008!!
ColumbiaSCReunionhost09@hughes.net
FAX 866/577-2881
www.20thengineerbrigadereunion.com
