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Hi everyone. Here are the holidays that we will get to celebrate this weekend.

Friday, December 3:
Flamenco Guitar Day
International Day Of Disabled Persons
Telescope Day
Make A Gift Day

Saturday, December 4:
International Hug Day
Cookie Day
Santa's List Day
Day Of The Artisans
Wear Brown Shoes Day

Sunday, December 5:
Blue Jeans Day
Play Hooky From Work To Go Holiday Shopping Day (This should have been on a Monday!)
International VolunteerDay
Twenty-first Amendment Day (To jog your memories - the 21st Amendment repealed prohibition)

The First Annual Road to Recovery Conference and Tribute, Walt Disney World, FL, December 8 - 12, 2004

As you may have already discerned, the Disney Conference will be our most critical line of initial communication with the severely wounded and disabled War on Terror veterans we seek to serve. It’s the all-important door opener that will help motivate and inspire these war-ravaged veterans to realize their best years are still ahead of them, and that with the right effort and help they can enjoy productive and fulfilling lives. The Conference will make them more receptive to accepting help and to better understand the many very excellent opportunities available to them. This is why the Veterans Administration is cooperating with the Coalition and conducting many of the Conference seminars and workshops. These will be about educational, job training, placement and employment opportunities, including a special session for spouses on coping and a dramatic demonstration of how disabled veterans can conquer outdoor challenges.

Also featured will be inspiring success stories told by disabled veterans and highly motivational talks by leading entrepreneurs and experts. And, each military attendee will be offered a private, one-hour personal needs assessment and evaluation – a first step in preparation for our Hero Counselor/Coach/Champions program.

The Conference will also be an extraordinary opportunity for attendees to share experiences, make new friendships and bond with others who have so much in common.

And last but not least will be the chance for everyone to have fun amidst all the attractions of Disney World, as well as enjoy some fabulous special entertainment highlighted by a star-studded Country Music Show and a Sports Legend Night featuring stars of today and yesteryear.

All in all, the Conference promises to be quite a beneficial and memorable event – but most importantly, one that gives our severely disabled veterans a big head start on their “Road to Recovery.”

But perhaps not unlike the atmosphere that prevailed before the Olympics last summer in Greece, which turned out masterfully after all, we are still scrambling to pull together some very special surprises. These will help make the Conference a particularly exciting experience for some 600 or more severely disabled veterans and their families in attendance – the vast majority of whom have already registered.

There are still some excellent Conference sponsorship opportunities available and, of course, donations in any amount to help cover our $2.5 million nut would be greatly appreciated.

If you’re interested in helping with any of the above, please call us as soon as possible at (703) 556-4376.

The Freeper Response, as posted by Former Military Chick

Happy International Hug Day!

Happy Santa's List Day!

Happy Blue Jeans Day!

300---Serge de Nimes (sairjh du NEEM)--French for "cloth from Nimes," is first woven in Nimes, France, about 300 A.D. Eventually "de Nimes" will become "denim."

1492---Christopher Columbus and his crew set sail in the Nina , the Pinta , and the Santa Maria, which may have all had denim sails.

1597---Italian sailors from Genoa wear cotton trousers. Since the French call Genoa and the people who live there, "Genes," the name sticks to the pants, too.

1853---Tailor Levi Strauss travels to northern California during the gold rush. He joins his sister and brother-in-law in San Francisco, opening a small dry goods store. It sells much-needed supplies to retailers who in turn sell them on to miners trying to strike it rich in the gold fields. A miner says that what they really need is strong pants that won't rip. Ever the entrepreneur, Levi turns the strong canvas cloth he had planned to sell for tents and wagon covers into pants--they cost about 22 cents. He had planned to live on his profits while he looked for gold, but his fortune begins with that bundle of brown cotton cloth. Called "those pants of Levi's," soon miners all over California are wearing the canvas pants they call Levi's.

1872---Jacob Davis, a Russian immigrant tailor in Reno, Nevada, repairs a miner's pockets with metal rivets. He then writes to Levi Strauss & Co. suggesting adding metal rivets to reinforce the seams and pants pockets from tearing away. Davis suggests that he and Strauss take out a patent on the process together.

1873---Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis spend $68 to file papers to patent their jeans. They receive a patent on May 20th. Featuring no belt loops--only suspender buttons and a waist-cinching buckle on the back, dark blue stiff loose-fitting riveted denim "waist overalls" are introduced in California. The denim comes from the Amoskeag Mill in New Hampshire.

1878---German chemist Adolf von Baeyer perfects a formula for synthetic indigo dyeing.

1886---To the rear of the "501" waistband Strauss adds a leather (or oilcloth) rear patch featuring a company publicity stunt of "two hitched horses" unable to pull his waist overalls apart.

More True Blue Facts

Glossary of Terms:

denim - a heavy, coarse cotton cloth with a diagonal weave, used especially for overalls and for upholstery and sports clothes

dungarees - trousers, work clothes or overalls made of a coarse cotton cloth called dungaree

jeans - overalls or trousers made of a strong, heavy, twilled cotton cloth

overalls - loose trousers, often made of denim, worn over clothes to keep them clean

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Heh??? Is this the reason Jean/Gene is blue?

Happy Blue Jeans Day!