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2011_DC_GIFF_Reception_110511 | 150 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Capitol -- Congressional Reception A Congressional Reception with Gary Sinise, Honoring Korean War Veterans:
In remembrance of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, the GI Film Festival will host a congressional reception honoring Korean War veterans. Special guests to include Award-winning actor and former GI Film Festival GI Spirit... |
2011_DC_GIFF_Award_110511 | 98 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Capitol -- Opening Awards A Congressional Reception with Gary Sinise, Honoring Korean War Veterans:
In remembrance of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, the GI Film Festival will host a congressional reception honoring Korean War veterans. Special guests to include Award-winning actor and former GI Film Festival GI Spirit... |
2011_DC_GIFF_WI_110511 | 58 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Capitol -- "The War Inside" Screening The War Inside: Produced by WILL Interactive
Designed for Army-wide distribution as a cornerstone soldier behavioral health and PTSD education program, The War Inside sheds light into the psychological challenges of coming home with combat stress and the toll it takes on individuals, families, and... |
2011_DC_GIFF | 176 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- Miscellaneous Pictures out in the lobby between screenings. |
2011_DC_GIFF_Post_110514 | 75 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Beautiful Dreamer" Post-screening reception This was the reception following the "Beautiful Dreamer" screening. |
2011_DC_GIFF_Flag_Post_110513 | 62 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Flag of My Father" Post-screening reception Flag of My Father DC Premiere & A Salute to Hollywood Patriots with Special Guest William DeVane
Flag of My Father – DC Premiere!
Directed by Rodney Ray
Serving her country is an honor for Judith, (GiGi Ernetta) an army nurse whose Vietnam veteran father taught her the importance of sacrifice. After... |
2011_DC_GIFF_Flag_Pre_110513 | 136 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Flag of My Father" Pre-screening mingling Flag of My Father DC Premiere & A Salute to Hollywood Patriots with Special Guest William DeVane
Flag of My Father – DC Premiere!
Directed by Rodney Ray
Serving her country is an honor for Judith, (GiGi Ernetta) an army nurse whose Vietnam veteran father taught her the importance of sacrifice. After... |
2011_DC_GIFF_Flag_110513 | 51 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Flag of My Father" Screening Flag of My Father DC Premiere & A Salute to Hollywood Patriots with Special Guest William DeVane
Flag of My Father – DC Premiere!
Directed by Rodney Ray
Serving her country is an honor for Judith, (GiGi Ernetta) an army nurse whose Vietnam veteran father taught her the importance of sacrifice. After... |
2011_DC_GIFF_HC_110515 | 23 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Hold at all Costs" Screening Hold at all Costs – World Premiere!
Directed by Glenn Palmedo Smith
For the first time, a documentary film examines a single battle of the Korean War. The film closely examines the forgotten war through interviews with historians and US politicians, exploring the actual participants of that conflict:... |
2011_DC_GIFF_JG_110514 | 52 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Journey Home" and "Gold Star Children" Screenings Journey Home – World Premiere!
Directed by Christopher Loverro
A film to honor the sacrifice of veterans and their families, Journey Home is written, directed, and acted by an Iraq war veteran. The main character is serving in Iraq with his best friend who is killed in an ambush.
The film explores... |
2011_DC_GIFF_LW_110514 | 29 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Last to Leave" and "Wereth Eleven" Screenings The Last to Leave – East Coast Premiere!
Directed by Pat Clark
April 29, 1975: As the North Vietnamese Army surrounded Saigon, the order was given to evacuate. In 19 hours, 81 helicopters air lifted nearly 6,000 Vietnamese and more than 1,000 Americans from Saigon during the largest helicopter... |
2011_DC_GIFF_LB_110515 | 82 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Line of Departure" and "Beyond Courage" Screenings and Closing Awards Line of Departure – DC Premiere!
Directed by Folleh Tamba
His mother hails from Sierra Leone, the land of blood diamonds; his father is from Liberia, in West Africa. He survived a civil war and now he is about to go war for his adopted country of America. Take a journey with award-winning filmmaker... |
2011_DC_GIFF_TB_110514 | 33 | GI Film Festival (2011) @ Navy Memorial -- "Telegram Man" and "Beautiful Dreamer" Screenings The Telegram Man – Encore Screening!
Directed by James Khehtie
During World War II, Australia’s small farming communities paid a terrible price. In the rural towns of New South Wales, one family each week discovered their son, husband, brother or father would not be coming home. In the throws of such... |
2012_DC_GIFF_IWN_Pre_120516 | 77 | GI Film Festival (2012) @ Canadian Embassy -- International Warrior Night Pre-Event Mingling Mingling before the screenings for International Warrior Night with Pat Sajak. |
2012_DC_GIFF_IWN_Recp_120516 | 130 | GI Film Festival (2012) @ Canadian Embassy -- International Warrior Night Reception The reception after the International Warrior Night screenings with Pat Sajak.
Among the speakers were Gary Doer, Ambassador of Canada to the United States. |
2012_DC_GIFF_IWN_Scr_120516 | 38 | GI Film Festival (2012) @ Canadian Embassy -- International Warrior Night Screening International Warrior Night with Pat Sajak -- Films included:
Bridges:
Captain Saul Bridges was an American bomber pilot in World War II. Just before the end of the war his plane is shot down over Berlin and he is saved by two children. After the war, he again crashes in Berlin during a supply drop... |
2012_DC_GIFF_Reception_120515 | 100 | GI Film Festival (2012) @ Capitol -- Congressional Reception |
2012_DC_GIFF_Presentation_120515 | 73 | GI Film Festival (2012) @ Capitol -- Presentation Honoring the Heroes of the Vietnam War Presentation of the "GI Spirit Award" to Actor Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds). Presentation of "GI Hero Awards" to the men and women of the Vietnam War. Guest Speakers: Reps. Geoff Davis (R-KY) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA). |
2012_DC_GIFF_Harms_Way_120515 | 53 | GI Film Festival (2012) @ Capitol -- "Into Harm's Way" screening |
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2024_03_23A1_Lincoln | 181 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 1 of 2) Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_04_09A2_Ghosts | 205 | Library of Congress -- Event: Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts Library Hosts Cast Members of CBS Comedy Ghosts
Event to Feature Panel with Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Richie Moriarty, Rebecca Wisocky, Román Zaragoza, Library Items Curated for Each Ghost’s Time Period and Special Episode Screening
The Library of Congress will host cast members from CBS’s hi... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_03_23A4_Lincoln4 | 179 | Abraham Lincoln 2024 Symposium @ Fords Theatre (Page 2 of 2) Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed) |
2024_01_14B1_Gonna_Take | 196 | Labor Heritage Foundation @ McGinty's Public House -- MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball" (Page 1 of 2) MLK "Gonna Take Us All Ball"
Recommit to Dr. King’s dream of equality and justice for all and celebrate Elise Bryant’s well-deserved retirement from LHF!
By Labor Heritage Foundation
Tickets are now FREE! Thanks to the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO, AFSCME 112, the International Association of Heat ... |
2024_02_13B1_USCHS_Freedom | 218 | USCHS -- Freedom Award (2024) to Cheryl L. Johnson (Page 2 of 2) Everything else We look forward to your attendance at the Freedom Award Reception honoring Cheryl L. Johnson, the 36th Clerk of the House of Representatives
The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is honored to present its 2023 Freedom Award to Cheryl L. Johnson to recognize her exceptional leadership and pivotal role ... (Partially reviewed) |