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German American Day Commemoration
At the German-American Friendship Garden in Washington, D.C.  October 6, 2009

board members

German Society Board Members attending; President, Dr. James Schaub; Past President, Brigitte V.Fessenden; Thomas Werner;  Secretary, Christel van der Berg; and Merl Arp

plaque at friendship garden

The German-American Friendship Garden
1683-1983
Commemorates 300 years of
German Immigration and Contributions to America
and Symbolizes the Friendship
between the German and American People

Awards Banquet and Dinner Dance
pictures of event

honoree Dr. Grasmick

Bertram von Moltke, Head, Cultural Affairs Dept., German Embassy; Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools; Dr. Jim Schaub, President, German Society of Maryland

Mohamed Esa is awarded the Cross of the  Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Pioneers in Service
 by Klaus G. Wust: The History of the German Society of Maryland, 1783 - 1981

Student Awards presented 2009

Brigitte V. Fessenden receives the 2009 Merit Award from the Maryland\DC Metro Chapter of the AATG.

2009 Presidential Proclamation recognizing October 6th as German-American Day