What is a TELEbration?
A TELEbration is an electronically telecast event of celebration. It is a celebration held over a long distance, involving multiple locations, using a telecommunication system.

Who and what are we celebrating?
We wish to declare and display our pride in a group of individuals who were willing to offer their lives at the call of our country. This group is comprised of members of all branches of the military who were contaminated by Agent Orange while serving in uniform. For this dedication to our country, we are forever grateful and proud. It is with this sense of celebration that we now salute these individuals, along with their families and loved ones.

When is this TELEbration?

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
An Internet Broadcast
on Star Dust Radio
from 5:30 to 6:30PM (Central Time)

Why have a TELEbration?
By using a telecommunication system like Internet broadcast, we are able to “reach out” to many people to share in the event. By doing so, we can share this event with the surviving veterans or the widows of those who have already made that ultimate sacrifice.

Is this a joyful occasion?
It is an occasion that should bring pride to the individuals and their families as well as to every citizen of this country.

This experience is brought to you as a joint effort of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association and the Order of the Silver Rose.

• We wish to recognize, identify and define a purpose for a group of individuals who may never have been given this recognitinon before.
• We wish to provide a sense of accomplishment to help right a previous wrong of being ignored. Those who suffer and die from dioxin poisoning from the Vietnam War were typcially never given the recognition they deserve as members of our Armed Forces who sacrificed themselves for this country.
• The widows and families of these individuals have rarely received any recognition and respect due them for providing care to this special group of individuals.
• Having a sense of purpose helps put closure to and provides value to previous actions and their current consequences.
• The Blue Water Navy Association has joined the Order of the Silver Rose in stepping forward where very few have been willing to do so before.
• As part of our Veteran Health and Benefits Awareness Campaign
  We are defining our role as organizations that have a strong level of commitment to the individual.
  We are paving the way to developing a series of similar presentations at some regular interval.
  We continue to define ourselves as organizations that have a useful role to play in the area of veteran advocacy, especially in these critical areas of Veteran Health Care and Veteran Benefits.

We invite you all to join us in this special tribute to our warriors of the 1960s and 70s. We look forward to including you in our TELEbration.

---

RETURN TO the Opening Page

---