WHERE MAGAZINE produces the annual “Where Guestbook” which is distributed throughout DC hotels, businesses and destinations. I am delighted to have the opening ten pages in the book and the final page. Editor Jean Lawlor Cohen and Art Director Teri Samuels are responsible for the selection and design of the article. Jean and I have discussed this for several years and so I am extremely happy that it came to fruition in such a beautiful piece.
During that week, Boeing printed and distributed 1.6 million posters of one of my night images and the Washington Post ran 39 pages on the WWII Memorial. A productive time but no one I believe thought that the WWII Memorial would become the most popular attraction on the Washington Mall drawing 4.5-5 million people a year. Too bad they don’t have a bookstore, eh?
I will not be reprinting books this year and I am working out an arrangement with Amazon to fulfill all orders come 2015 They are far more efficient and are already taking care of all single book purchases. They may not be delivering your books by drone but they have made self-publishing practical. …which brings me to….
A “Wall of Honor” consisting of the faces of 1,945 men and women who served during World War II was unveiled at the National World War II Memorial on Saturday morning, August 11, to mark National Spirit of ’45 Day honoring the men and women who were the “ordinary heroes” of WWII. The “Wall” includes […]
These three ads will be displayed randomly in a new advertising campaign we are developing with National Parks Traveler. We have committed to 20000 impressions a month and are hoping to watch the site stats soar! It’s more interesting than gambling.
Old Glory Honor Flight lead by Drew McDonald arrived yesterday with eighty veterans and as many guardians and family. It made for a nice set of pictures as several families flew in and surprised their Veteran at the Memorial. Temperatures were DC HOT but a strong breeze and lots of umbrellas kept everyone comfortable. The group flew last night to Kenosha, Wisconsin and the Experimental Aviation Association annual meet up. They were greeted by an estimated 20 to 30 thousand people.
It’s been ten years since I began the WWII Memorial project and I am delighted
All the Honor Flight volunteers deserve great praise, ovations and a terrific Holiday Season. Through rain, delays, departures and hot and cold days, you have all participated in an extraordianary piece of American History! Congrats! Please find the attached information to reflect totals for the 2011 Flying Season: -Veterans Flown in 2011: 18,055 -Guardians Flown in […]
Mary Pettinato rolled into the WWII Memorial this afternoon with her volunteers both from Chicago and the local group headed by Renda traveled to the WWII Memorial, the Lincoln and finally to the Iwo Jima Memorial. Due to other committments, I haven’t been down to the Memorial other than in passing. I finally had some spare […]
We flew a trip on May 16, 2009 with the “regular” array of our WWII heroes. I ushered them through the normal choreography of visiting the WWII Memorial, Iwo Jima Marine Memorial and the Korean War Memorial in one day. When we offloaded at the Korean Memorial, one of the veterans asked “Brian, are […]
What do our veterans do when they leave the WWII Memorial? Why they meet cute girls at the Lincoln? I had an assignment which prevented me from getting to the WWII Memorial this AM so I drove by the Lincoln afterwards and lo and behold, Florida’ s veterans were looking pretty comfortable as they […]