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MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011!<\/h2>\n

It was a very interesting time in my life.\u00a0 It was the year that I juggled the demands of capturing final honors at Arlington National Cemetery and becoming a published author of the first book ever written about a very historical US Army post known as Fort Myer.\u00a0 This was in addition to creating and composing a growing assortment of notecards and later Christmas cards which highlight a variety of US ARMY HERALDRY.<\/p>\n

Old\u00a0 Guard and John Michael<\/h2>\n

Major General (ret.) Donald Hilbert<\/a>, who was then Executive Director of Knollwood<\/a> had sponsored and introduced me to the Old Guard Association and I have been an Associate member ever since.<\/p>\n

Images of America – Fort Myer Released<\/h2>\n

Call it serendipitous, but the release date of the book was 13 JUN 2011 just one day before the US Army’s birthday.\u00a0 It was after over two and one-half years of research and writing to pack the book with over 200 historical photographs that were hardly ever seen or organized to begin to tell the story of this Civil war era fort that is still performing its mission over 150 years later to defend the Capital city of Washington DC<\/p>\n

CHRISTMAS 2011\u00a0 GREETINGS<\/h2>\n

\"CHRISTMAS<\/p>\n

COINS AWARDED – A CHRISTMAS 2011 PRESENT<\/h2>\n

\"CHRISTMAS<\/p>\n

IMAGES OF AMERICA – FORT MYER PUBLISHED<\/h2>\n

After two and one-half years of research and writing, the first book about this Civil War era US Army Post was published by Arcadia<\/p>\n

\"CHRISTMAS<\/p>\n

\"CHRISTMAS<\/p>\n

TWO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS<\/h2>\n

I, John Michael,\u00a0 am blessed with a dual ancestry.\u00a0 On my mother’s side is my Polish ancestry.\u00a0 On my father’s side is my Russian ancestry. so when it comes around to holidays like Christmas, I get the benefits of celebrating TWICE!\u00a0 Once on 25 DECEMBER for traditional Christmas and again on 6 January for Traditional Orthodox Christmas\u00a0 (you need to read “10 Signs You Celebrate Christmas the Orthodox Way<\/strong><\/a>“).\u00a0 My father’s name was Nicholas, so he also was very gift-giving on Saint Nicholas’ Day.<\/p>\n

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