BGuthrie Photos: Dept of State -- Earth Day (2004) with Colin Powell

Dept of State -- Earth Day (2004) with Colin Powell:

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Description of Pictures: This was an enjoyable event. After some introductory speeches, Secretary Powell gave a nice speech about the importance of protecting the earth and talked about something that had happened while he was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany as the commander of the V Corps (1986). He said they were going to go on tank maneuvers the next day when someone came in and told him that a protest group (perhaps Earth Firsters) had planted trees in the tank area. The subordinate said they would be running over freshly planted trees in the morning. Powell said he told him "There are a good number of things that we will be doing tomorrow but running over trees is not one of them." He told him to take men out after dark, dig up the trees, replant them in the barracks area, and after the maneuvers were over, invite the protesters to a reception honoring the new trees.
Also present at the introductory comments were two Under Secretary's of State (Paula Dobriansky and Alan Larson), some kids from a local school, various exhibitors, solar ovens, hydrogen cars, and birds from the Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. EARTH1_040422_015.JPG: This was an official press used to seal treaties for awhile
2. EARTH1_040422_021.JPG: "Most Traveled Courier Bag" -- gift of Mick Miller
3. EARTH1_040422_065.JPG: The woman with Colin Powell is Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky.
4. EARTH1_040422_089.JPG: Colin Powell @ State Department's Earth Day event. Alone among the Bush II administration, Powell's agency made Earth Day a high profile event.
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Featured Folk: Some of the people here can also be seen on other pages on this site.
- Powell, Colin appears on:
  - 2014_DC_HP_Powell_140402 4th Annual HP Software Government Summit -- Colin Powell keynote
  - 2014_MD_SAS_Powell_140324 SAS Global Forum Executive Conference @ National Harbor -- Colin Powell keynote
  - 2012_DC_Powell_120529 Politics & Prose @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue -- Gen. Colin Powell ("It Worked For Me") w/Robert Siegel
  - 2011_DC_WHCD_110430 DC -- White House Correspondent's Dinner (2011)
  - 2010_DC_Honors_101205 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2010)
  - 2008_DC_SIAH_Ceremony_081121 Natl Museum of Amer History -- Event: Reopening ceremony (2008)
  - 2000_DC_LOC200_000424 Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Living Legends Bicentennial Ceremony
  - 2005_DC_Powell_050427 DC -- Cognos Expo -- Colin Powell
  - 2003_DC_Earth_Day_030422 Dept of State -- Earth Day (2003) with Colin Powell and birds
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