AGENDA 265TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION GETZENDANNER FAMILY | |
FREDERICK, MD JULY 11-13, 1997 |
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FRIDAY, JULY 11TH
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GETZENDANNER GOLF OPEN | To be held at VFW Golf Course, Frederick, Md. Whose land was originally owned by our ancestor, Christian, and now surrounds our historic Getzendanner cemetery. | |||
REGISTRATION: | Hood College Campus. Frederick, Md. Coblentz Hall. | 1-5:30 p.m. | ||
OPENING DINNER: | Hood College. All campus meals at Coblentz Hall. | 5:30-7 p.m. | ||
ORIENTATION AND INTRODUCTIONS: | Coblentz Hall | 7:p.m. | ||
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SATURDAY, JULY 12TH
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BREAKFAST FOR ALL | (Special area for Getzendanner Heritage Tour Reunion.) | 7:00-8:30 a.m. | ||
WORKSHOPS: | (1)New Getzendanner Genealogical Research - How to Begin your Study. Joop Giesendanner, Amsterdam, Holland; Mark Getzendaner, Everett, WA | 9:00 a.m. | ||
(2)Swiss/German Emigration, Schifferstadt to Frederick Jane Adams Clarke, Past President, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. A descendant of Christian Getzendanner's step-father , Johannas Waydman. | 10:00 a.m. | |||
(3) Getzendanner Family History (In Slides)- 1413 AD-1997 AD David Getzendanner, Salem, Oregon | 11:00 a.m. | |||
WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FREDERICK | a.m. | |||
LUNCH | 12:00 -1:15 p.m. | |||
DEDICATION RITES - HISTORIC GETZENDANNER CEMETERY | Dedication of new headstone for Christian Getzendanner's crypt. Planting of Memorial Trees re: 265th Anniversary Celebration. | 2 p.m. | ||
FREE TIME: | Visit Mt. Olivet Cemetery where many of our ancestors are buried, also, Francis Scott Key and Barbara Fritchie; Burr Artz Genealogical Library; homes, local genealogists. | 3 p.m. | ||
265th CELEBRATION BANQUET | A grand family occasion…Special music and entertainment…Presentations and Introductions…Come and be family together. | 6:30 p.m. | ||
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SUNDAY, JULY 13TH
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BREAKFAST FOR ALL | (Special area for the Gitzendanner reunion) | 7:00-8:30 a.m. | ||
WORSHIP AT HISTORIC EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH | Our ancestor, Christian Getzendanner, a founding elder of this Church in 1748. | 10 a.m. | ||
SWISS FAMILY PICNIC, SCHIFFERSTADT HOUSE | (Home of Brunner family, related to us through Christian G's wife, Anna Barbara Brunner, built in 1756). Tour Schifferstadt House…visit with other family members, exchange addresses… Say our fond "farewells | 12:15 a.m. | ||
HOOD COLLEGE CHECK OUT TIME | 3 p.m. |