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09/16/2013 00:00
Family Notices
We will be staying in New Jersey~ We will be working to keep the cost down so that everyone can participate and can bring family members. Look here for information about hotels and places to eat and just hang out during your stay and visit with the family.
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09/16/2013 00:00
ACTION ITEM -- Write Your Family History
ITHIS IS STILL NEEDED FROM MOST FAMILIES!
know. Must of us do not write or have the time to write. Well think about this action item as an OPPORTUNITY to actually get published in a BOOK -- OUR own FAMILY HISTORY BOOK. Here is what I envision:
1. An Introduction
2....
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09/15/2013 00:00
Brown Washington Family Reunion Agenda
Brown Washington Family Reunion Agenda
July 24-27, 2014
“A Family is a living thing much like a garden. Effort must be made to understand it. Care must be given in tending it. Then it grows lush and provides nourishment for both the body and the soul.” ~~ Maya Angelou
Thursday, July 24,...
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07/20/2013 13:50
THE MENUS
The Menus
COMPLIMENTARY Continental Breakfast at the hotel each morning 7:00am until 9:00am (REQUESTED)
Dinner – Elegant Buffet, July 25, 2014 –7:00pm until 10:00pm
TBA
Picnic -- Saturday, July 26, 2014 1:00pm until 4:00pm
TBA
OPEN
TBA
Breakfast,...
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07/20/2013 11:46
Family Reunion Photo Swap
Please bring old, historic family photos to the reunion, including pictures of people (great, great-grandpa), places (churches, cemetery, the old homestead) and even previous reunions.
PLEASE label your photos with the names of the photographer, if known, the date of the photo, and their own...
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04/16/2013 07:09
Registration is OPEN
Just to remind everyone, registration is still open. A few of us got our registrations in BEFORE March 31! I hope to receive a LOT MORE before APRIL 30. To make this more interesting, I am going to pit the NORTH against the SOUTH. The goal is to get each geographical area to...
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01/22/2013 08:49
HOTEL LOCATION -- Maybe
Although, we have not finalized negotiations with the hotel, this hotel served as our home for the 2003 Family Reunion, and most of us quite enjoyed it. The last two hotels have not responded yet, but this one seems to lead the pack with cost, location, and amenities. Check it out...
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01/21/2013 22:22
Our Prayer
BROWN/WASINGTON FAMILY REUNION
PRAYER, by Malinda Williams Miles
Lord Save the Members of this Family, and
Help Us to Love One Another in this Life, and on this Earth.
Teach Us Humility, Love, Honor, and Respect for Thee,
Our Elders, Each Other, and Ourselves.
Grant Us...
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01/21/2013 22:20
Our Family Song!
BROWN/WASHINGTON FAMILY REUNION
SONG, by Janice Baylor Owes
(Tune: I Love You Lord)
Brown/Washington, Family Reunion
We gather in love and unity.
As our family strength grows into perfect realms
We are one in the bond of love.
We praise the Lord, for our family
You bless...
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01/21/2013 22:12
Our Family Poem
By Lillian Wright Hernandez for the Brown Washington Family
B rillant
R ealistic
O penhearted
W ise
N oticeable
W orthy
A chievable
S uperior
H appy
I mportant
N atural
G reat
T hankful
O utgoing
N oble
F antastic
A mazing
M otivated
I individual
L oveable
Y...