MAMF NEWSLETTER, March 2014
It may be just a coincidence, but we think it’s serendipity that the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History released the first press announcement about our summer-long exhibit on the very day we were setting up for our film presentation of “Brown Babies” at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque. “Brown Babies: the Mischlingskinder” documentary is our Museum’s first big event done in partnership with other entities such as the City of Albuquerque, the Kirtland Federal Credit Union, Don Chalmers Ford, and the Residence Inn of Marriott, and our exhibit at the Nuclear Museum, opening on May 26, will be our second big event and by far the biggest in our short history. That both events received press attention on the same day shows that our stars are aligning. » Read more
First Press Release About Our Exhibit Coming in May 2014
MAMF to Display 2 Aprons in this Installation
Join MAMF at the SBCC For a Special One-Time Film Screening
Please Join Us For a Special Film
Author Contributes to American Military Family Museum
Sends portion of her book, Once a Brat, Always a Brat for display
Fort Worth, TX, /PRNewswire-iReach/ —
Fort Worth Author, Marilyn Celeste Moris has recently contributed to the new American Military Famiily Museum for its display on May 6, 2014.
As we are increasingly aware, over 1000 of our WWII veterans are dying every day, leaving their grown “Military Brats” to tell their stories of being deployed overseas immediately after WWII. Ms. Morris was in that movement, at eight years of age, receiving her very own orders from The War Department.
Her recently re-released book, Once a Brat, Always a Brat, has been described as “part travelogue, part therapy session” and the second half, containing other Military Brats; stories, has been called by Dennis Campbell of BratCon Radio, as “a field manual for understanding Military Brats.”
Ms. Morris explains why this subculture claims a fondness for the term, “Brat”, as itt does not connote “an unruly child,” but is rather taken from the British Military, who stamped papers with the iniitials, “BRAT'” meaning British Regiment Attached Traveler.
She relates how the family adapted to somewhat primitive quarters, with no running water, sporadic electricity, wood-burning stoves and an icebox.
How she, and other Military Brats, adapted from an ancient Oriental culture one year to exploring castles in Bavaria in the next, is the focus of Once a Brat, Always a Brat which is available on Amazon.com and Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Once-Brat-Always-Marilyn-Morris-ebook/dp/B00HX2VXPY/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_kin
Ms. Morris’s website with information regarding her novels and one other self-help book can be found at MarilynCelesteMorrisAuthorAndEditor.blogspot.com/
Contact:
Marilyn Morris
Phone: 817-246-2639
Circe Woessner, Executive Director
Museum of the American Military Family
(505) 504-6830
http://museumoftheamericanmilitaryfamily.org/
Overseas Brats Gathering in Albuquerque on 20 February
Brat Friend,
Got some activity to share with you about
our annual get-together of Brats in New Mexico happening on February 20!
As of today:
-22 Brats & Educators who now live in New Mexico are interested in this function.
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Here’s how will make it worth your while to come:
*Every Brat gets recognized!
*With this crowd, you get immediately accepted because we share your heritage!
*We’re going to introduce you to some wonderful Brat people — who want to meet
YOU!
*This is a day that VALIDATES your special heritage!
Join us:
Thursday, February 20 – 6 – 9:30 p.m.
Cervantes Restaurant5801 Gibson Blvd. SEAlbuquerque, NMRestaurant telephone: 505-262-2253.
*Pricing remains similar to previous years!
*Early registration deadline is February 15.
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Details are at:
http://www.overseasbrats.com/RegGetogethers.asp .
To register:
-Scroll down to: Albuquerque, NM, Wed, Feb. 20, 2014.
-Complete brief info.
-Click Add to Cart.
-Click on Check out.
-Click on Don’t Have A PayPal Account.
-Complete credit card information.
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Looking forward to uniting you with the
Brat community!
Have a terrific day!
Joe Condrill
OVERSEAS BRATS
MAMF and Albuquerque Cultural Affairs Present a Very Important Film
Brat Liaison Joe Condrill to Host Get-together
Brat Friend,
Got some activity to share with you about
our annual get-together of Brats in New Mexico
happening on February 20!
As of today:
-22 Brats & Educators who now live
in New Mexico are interested in this function.
Join us:Thursday, February 20 – 6 – 9:30 p.m.Cervantes Restaurant5801 Gibson Blvd. SEAlbuquerque, NMRestaurant telephone: 505-262-2253.