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Save the date of Wednesday, May 13, for the annual Indy 500 Pary hosted by The Indiana Society of Washington, DC. The party will be held at the Capitol Hill Club at 300 First Street, SE. For more details, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Stefan Bailey, a director of the Indiana State Society of Washington, DC shown at left, and Congressman Baron P. Hill (D-IN) present a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial on Feb. 12 to honor the Great Emancipator on his 200th Birthday. Rep. Hill's district in southern Indiana includes Lincoln's boyhood home at Lincoln City. About 2,000 people, members of Congress, two cabinet secretaries, and news media attended the ceremony. Wreaths were also presented by Brandon Kirkham, president of the Kentucky Society, and by Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), president of the Illinois State Society of Washington, DC. For more information on events of the Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois State Societies and how to join, please click on your state flag to the left on this site.
The Kentucky Society, the Indiana State Society, and the Illinois State Society have been invited by the National Park Service and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to lay wreaths at the Lincoln Memorial on the 200th Anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Please join us. The three state societies will be present at the Lincoln Memorial at 8 am on Thursday morning, Feb. 12 to participate in a special ceremony. The same three state societies took part in the ceremony last year and several different times over the last 87 years including the dedication of the memorial in 1922. The societies represent Kentucky where Lincoln was born, Indiana where he was raised as a child, and Illinois where he practiced law, served in the state legislature, was elected to Congress, and from which he was elected president. The ceremony is on the steps in front of the memorial and is open to the news media and the public.
Former Congressman Ed Pease, president of the Indiana Society, sent out a reminder to our fellow Hoosiers in the Washington area that they are welcome to join society members on Wednesday, Dec. 10 for the annual holiday and Statehood Day party from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m at The City Club located at 555 13th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. The event is free to 2008 members! Non-members may attend for $55 per person and pay at the door. Please RSVP to Janie McKinney at (202) 434-8012 or mckinnja@indiana.edu. PLEASE NOTE: Only State Day RSVPs for Dec. 10 should go to Janie. Any questions about the Indiana Society Inaugural Ball on Jan. 19 should be sent to info@indianasociety.org. If you were raised in Indiana or attended one of our great schools, we would love to have you as a member. For more details on both events, please vist our web site:
The Indiana Society of Washington, DC will host an Inaugural Gala on Jan. 19, 2009 at the historic Omni-Shoreham Hotel. There are also other many upcoming events including our Statehood Anniversary Party on 
Dec. 10. We encourage fellow Hoosiers to join us no matter if they come from home or are transplants who now live in the greater national capital region . Hon. Ed Pease, former Member of Congress from Indiana, is the President of the Indiana Society. For more information about how to purchase tickets for the Indiana State Society Inaugural Gala or the Statehood Anniversary Party in December, please visit the Indiana Society web site from the link below:
The Indiana Society is planning many upcoming events including our Statehood Anniversary Party on Dec. 10. We encourage fellow Hoosiers to join us. For more details, CLICK HERE to visit our new web and blog site. The Indiana Society of Washington, DC was also one of fifteen state societies to participate on Sept. 20 for the Day of Remembrance tribute on the mall for military families from our state who lost a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001. I want to thank Indiana members who participated.
Ed Pease, former Member of Congress and President of the Indiana Society.
Mari Yamaguchi, left, of the Univision TV channel in Indianapolis, was the Indiana Cherry Blossom Princess earlier this year. Mari is shown here with Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana at the Congressional Reception.
