April
14, 2015 Meeting of the LPCIGS
Ninteen members and guests were present for the
regular monthly meeting of the La Porte County (IN) Genealogical Society at the
La Porte Parks Department Building at 250 Pine Lake Avenue in La Porte, Tuesday
evening, April 14. President Dorothy Palmer called the meeting to order at 7 PM.
Following the business portion of the meeting, Barry
Veden, president of Chapter XXX, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, spoke of
the prelude and the strategic situation leading up to the last big German
offensive effort in WWII. He helped us understand the tactical and
environmental difficulties that faced the American soldiers opposing a
desperate and larger German force. Barry’s father, Edward Veden, was on the
front lines from the first day of that terrible battle. In 2004, Barry
interviewed several of the veterans and wrote a book My Heroes:The Men of
Northern Indiana Chapter XXX Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge.
Next month, the society will tour St. Mary
Cemetery in Otis, Indiana. The tour will begin at 6 PM on Tuesday, June 9,
2015.
More information about the society is available on
our website, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inlcigs/index.htm.
Also like us on Facebook at La Porte County
Genealogical Society.
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