March 14, 2009
Hosted by the Irish Congress of Southern California &
The San Diego County Fire Fighter Emerald Society
“Celebrating Children’s Services: – Adoption – Fostering – Mentoring”

This annual event is organized by the Irish Congress of Southern California whom honors our service each year by appointing Firefighters to lead-off the parade. It is a well deserved opportunity to celebrate with family, friends and our neighbors. Some say the celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day by the Fire Service has been a tradition dating back to the early 1800's. The Emerald Society encourages you to share with us this time honored tradition with a day of fellowship and celebration. As always the Fire Service participation in the Parade consists of both a marching component and rolling stock. This year the Irish Congress has respectfully requested we begin keeping track of Agency’s that participate so they can more formally communicate thanks for your support and participation. Please complete the2009 St Patrick’s Day Fire Service Parade Entry Form for your Marching and Apparatus entries. Parade entries are due back to the Emerald Society no later than February 28th, 2009. Once we receive your Parade Entry you will be contacted back with further details as well as provided a Staging Plan.

~ Parade Day Agenda ~
0600 – 1000 Annual Emerald Society Firefighters’ Breakfast Kick-off parade day with a traditional Irish Breakfast at the Pioneer Hook & Ladder Company Firehouse Museum. This popular annual event features a festive and family friendly social atmosphere complete with Irish Music & Dancers; the Emerald Society Pipes and Drum Unit, and; of course good food and libations. The Fire House Museum is located at 1572 Columbia Street, San Diego (in Little Italy). Bus transportation from the Museum to the Parade Staging Area will be provided courtesy of the San Diego Fire Rescue Department.

1000 – 1200 29th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Plan to come out and march in the parade with the “Fir Na' Tine” Firefighters Marching Unit. Marching Attire will be Class A or B Uniform. Staging location is located at 6th Street (between Juniper & Ivy). The Fire Service Division Staging will start at 10:00 AM with the Parade kicking off promptly at 11:00 AM. Staging Plans will be provided by the Emerald Society in advance of the event.

1130 – 1700 Saint Patrick’s Day Family Festival After the parade stick around Balboa Park and enjoy an old fashioned Irish Family Festival. There will be live Irish music and dance on two stages; vendors providing a wide range of food and refreshments, crafts and merchandise; a special Kid's Zone with games and rides; a Celtic Village demonstrating the ways of old, and; a display by WORLD MEMORIAL 9/11 Memorial and Tribute.

Flyer, Invite, and Parade Form
For more information, contact Mitch Mendler or clanchief@clanfiodhnach.com (858) 603-9538.

8th Anniversary
A Tribute to Those Fallen on 9/11/01
9/11 Salute to Uniformed Public Service and their families
8AM-11PM, September 11, 2009 (Ceremony @ Noon)
8AM-11PM, September 12, 2009
8AM-8PM, September 13, 2009
Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza
The Moving Memories, Arizona 9/11 Memorial
1700 West Washington St, Phoenix, Arizona

WORLD MEMORIAL 9/11 Honor Roll Banner • Headlines in America • 9/11 Memorial and Flag Display (over 200 flags): • WTC Steel • Flags from every country that lost citizens • U.S.A. State Flags • 9/11 Memorial Flags • Missing Person Flyers • 9/11 Art Work • WORLD TRADE CENTER artifacts • Fire Up Freedom 9/11 Memorial Fire Truck • 9/11 Memorial Uniformed Patch and Badge Wall •    



Please join us for the WORLD MEMORIAL ceremony as we pay tribute to the fallen on 9/11/01. We will honor the public safety & military personnel who made the supreme sacrifice, in the line of duty, as well as the civilians that were lost on September 11th. 2001. We will also honor the families. And we will pay tribute to the men and women of public safety and armed forces that serve our cities and our country. Please inform your family and or staff & co-workers and all of your friends so that they can attend with their families.

Multiple WORLD MEMORIAL events on west and east coast.
All day, memorial festival in Phoenix and New York.
Ladder trucks, huge American Flag, Equestrian Police Officers, Multi Agency Honor Guard

September 11, 2009 (Ceremony @ Noon)
12:00 “I’m Not Afraid” Music
12:05 Dedication speech by WM President Mitch Mendler
12:10 MC welcomes Phoenix and San Diego guests.
12:15 Tribute to public safety personnel
12:16 Invocation
12:18 Multi-agency COLOR GUARD will US and state flags
12:22 Boy Scout Troop 816 & Girl Scout Pack 816 perform Pledge of Allegiance
12:25 National Anthem by Sarah
12:28 “America the Beautiful” by L. Willis 589-2049 12:32 Joe Tarillo (FDNY) testimony
12:40 Mike Hughes (NYPD Volunteer Civilian Patrol) testimony
12:45 Signal 5555 bell story
12:50 Moment of Silence, ringing of the fire bell
12:51 Dignitaries introduction
12:53 Senator
12:59 Congressmen
13:00 Jill Olens
13:03 Fire Chief
13:06 Police Chief
13:15 TAPS
13:20 Amazing Grace by bagpiper corp.
13:25 Benediction
13:30 “Never Forget” by Release of Souls

Music will fill the afternoon, bagpipes will drone, drums will snare and doves will be set free Candlelight vigil at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening Please join us for the WORLD MEMORIAL ceremony as we pay tribute to the fallen on 9/11/01. We will honor the public safety & military personnel who made the supreme sacrifice, in the line of duty, as well as the civilians that were lost on September 11th. 2001. We will also honor the families. And we will pay tribute to the men and women of public safety and armed forces that serve our cities and our country. Please inform your family and or staff & co-workers and all of your friends so that they can attend with their families.

Contacts:
State of Arizona, Governor Janice K. Brewer, (Proclamation)
State of Arizona, State Representative, District-9, Debbie Lesko (Proclamation)
Hosts: Elle D'Agostino, ViViD action photography, 480-239-0337 & 866-286-1312
Ceremony webpage & Ceremony Flyer
Special Events & Menu
VOLUNTEER Online!
WM President, Mitch Mendler, 619-944-7011
Current location of the WM truck

"Shore to Shore" Veteran's Tribute
November 6-11, 2009
Army National Guard Veteran Sinh Tho Nguyen of Fort Worth Texas, is walking across America to honor America and Those Who Serve.

"In America, the sky is the limit," Nguyen said, when asked about his motivation for his odyssey. "I always have a dream that I would do something bigger than myself to reflect my love. I only want to thank America and honor all those who serve." A U.S. citizen, he was born in Vietnam in 1969. Nguyen was, in his words, a "war baby," the son of a man he never knew, an American soldier, named Rodriguez. Nguyen always carries an American flag and has a sign strapped to his back displaying his message: "Shore to Shore: A Walk Across America to Honor Those Who Serve."

FROM ATLANTIC BEACH (Jacksonville) Florida to OCEAN BEACH (San Diego) California, Nov 8th 2009 Marching in the Veteran's Day Parade in San Diego on Nov 11th, 2009 and at the Freedom Bridge project in Lake Havasu City, AZ. Nov 12th, 2009

Reception Saturday November 7th 2009 at 1:30 p.m. San Diego Veterans Museum and Memorial Center 2115 Park Blvd. San Diego CA.

Final destination: November 8th at 3:00 p.m. Veterans Memorial Ocean Beach San Diego CA. Newport Ave and Abbott Street / North of the OB Pier parking lot. Veteran's Day Parade - 11 Nov.

Ocean Beach Pier / San Diego / Veterans Memorial


Mount Soledad Memorial

Tuna Harbor / USS Midway

Monday October 26-28:
Walk 10-20 miles to Los Angeles. Contact – Paul Espinoza 818-400-7177.
Comfort Inn & Suites Zoo/SeaWorld Area 2485 Hotel Circle Place, San Diego, CA 92108 Website: http://zmaildirect.com/tr/c/134660309692/24972

Wed October 28th:
Walk 10 miles too San Francisco

October 30th- Nov 1: Walk 10 - 20 miles Sacramento

November 2nd: Travel back to Orange County

November 2nd: Walk 10 miles

November 5th: Return to San Diego to rest for 1 day @ Comfort Inn in Mission Valley

November 6th: David Returns from Ft Worth TX

Veteran's Day Ceremony, Saturday, November 7th:
12:00 - 2:00p.m. Sinh will attend a Veteran's Day Ceremony at Mount Soledad Memorial, La Jolla.
Guest of HONOR at The Mount Soledad Veteran's Day Memorial on November 7th at 12:00
San Diego - (Staging for Armed Forces FLAGS - Bag Pipers - friends and additional walkers at Upas Street and Park Blvd 2:30 p.m. Depart at 3:00) and travel down Park Blvd. into Balboa Park and exit at Park Blvd. and Presidents Way. Arrive at the San Diego Veterans Museum (2115 Park Blvd.) at 3:30 p.m. " RECEPTION: the Veterans Museum and Memorial 4:00 - 5:00 with a gathering afterwards for 1 hour."

Sinh will leave the Museum at approximately 6:00 p.m. and walk down Park Blvd to Broadway and loop through the Gas Lamp District (5th Ave South to K Street and then up 4th Avenue) ended back on Broadway and continuing to the USS Midway area on Harbor Drive.

Presidents Way to the U.S.S. Midway Museum (910 North Harbor Drive) Leave at 6:00 p.m. Arrive at Tuna Harbor - USS Midway Museum at approximately 7:00 p.m.

Sunday November 8th:
U.S.S. Midway Museum to Pacific Coast Highway and Sports Arena Blvd. Assemble at 7:00 - Depart at 8:00 a.m. Walk north on Harbor Drive to Hawthorne to Pacific Coast Highway. West on Rosecrans to West on Point Loma Blvd to South on Sunset Cliffs Blvd.

3:00 p.m.: (Staging for USA State FLAGS - Bag Pipers - friends and walkers at Ebers Street and Newport Ave).

Walk to the VETERANS MEMORIAL on NEWPORT AVENUE (North of the OB Pier Parking Lot) Newport Avenue and Abbott Street 3:00 p.m. Depart at 3:30 p.m.) Arrive at the Veterans Memorial at 3:45 p.m. Flags placed in the flag pole holders " Sunday November 8th: Ceremony at 4:00 p.m! Brief Speech and then Sinh walks though the USA State Flags to the SHORE. 4:15 p.m.: Sinh returns to the Veterans memorial on the boardwalk for comments by guests of Honor.
http://www.kusi.com/home/69518647.html

Tuesday November 11th 11:00 a.m.:
Sinh will walk in the San Diego Veteran's Day ParadeCedar Street & Pacific Highway .
Marching in the Veteran's Day Parade in San Diego on Nov 11th at 11:00 a.m. and at the Freedom Bridge project in Lake Havasu City, AZ. Nov 12th.

CONTACTS:
WM is looking for sponsors and volunteers for Sinh's last 200 miles.
Visit: http://www.publicsafety.net/shore_to_shore.htm & Documentary: Youtube
Webpage: Vietnamese-American Armed Forces Association & Walking Shore-to-Shore
SHORE TO SHORE Project 3652 E. 1st Street Fort Worth, TX 76111, 682-472-1380

Mitch Mendler President WORLD MEMORIAL: 619-944-7011
Lieutenant Commander Christopher Phan, VAAFA President: 619-793-9461
Kim Trang, Vice President of Vietnamese Community of San Diego: 858-610-4774
Melani Bruce -Director of events San Diego Veterans Musuem and Memorial Center: 619- 239-2300 Quarter Master Doyle Mitchell - VFW POST 1392: 619-225-0921 VFW District ONE
Joanie Miyashiro-Brennan - Exceutive Director Mt Soledad Memorial Association, 858-459-2314

Track Sinh from El Centro to San Diego on S&L Services GPS Satellite Mapping - User Name: "worldmemorial" and password: "neverforget" The Map Control Button (left side) to zoom and other options. Google Maps - The Final Route - November 7th. and 8th: View Map, Larger Map