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Executive Director's Report
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Washington, DC, accompanying my husband on
business. I took advantage of being there to visit with staff of Preserve America, a project
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Preserve America is a national initiative
started in 2003 with former First Lady Laura Bush as its titular head, whose mission is to
recognize America's heritage and advance its protection. Preserve America Community
recognition is awarded to towns, neighborhoods and counties around the nation that protect
and celebrate their heritage and use their historic assets for economic development and
community revitalization and encourage people to experience and learn about their local
history through education and heritage tourism programs. In Texas alone, there are 72 communities with this d(
nation, including a number of German-Texan towns like New Braunfels, Shiner, and Fredericksburg.AMERICA
Ex~lore tnd Enjoy Our AerimIn 2008, the Preserve America Stewards program was introduced, and on August 5,
2010, the German-Texan Heritage Society became the newest member of this group.
The Stewards designation honors groups of volunteers who show successful and inno-
vative efforts in preserving historic places, in our case, the Historic German Free
School, the state headquarters of GTHS. This designation comes with a certificate of
recognition signed by First Lady Michelle Obama, listing on the Preserve America
website, and publicity in their e-newsletter. But truly, the benefit is recognition of the
many volunteers who work tirelessly to keep up this beautiful old building and to pro-
mote and preserve our German heritage.We feel such an achievement deserves a party and we will dedicate the 2010 Oktoberfest to our volunteers (of cou
they will be volunteering at Oktoberfest!) and celebrate with a brief ceremony and display our new designation
addition to music, there will be speeches from local and federal officials, and then we will toast to those who bro
us to this prestigious designation.
Please join on Saturday, October 16th, as we honor our many volunteers and officially designate the German-Te
Heritage Society as the newest Preserve America Stewards.
For more information about the program, see http://www.preserveamerica.gov/stewards.html
Also in October, the National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold its annual meeting in Austin for the first t
A couple of the field trips will make refreshment stops at the German Free School and the state coordinators for
Main Street project will hold a meeting in our studio. We are excited to share our heritage with people from aro
the country.
I take pride in working in such an historic building and being able to show off the work of our volunteer te
Danke!
Jean Warneke
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