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Official Visit: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
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PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO'S WELCOME COMMITTEE PLANS
TWO MAJOR PUBLIC EVENTS FOR HIS VISIT TO THE U.S.
Rally at Shevchenko Monument, Banquet Honoring Yushchenko
E. Morgan Williams, Publisher and Editor THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT Washington,
D.C., Friday, March 25, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Yushchenko's Welcome Committee in Washington, D.C.
is in the process of finalizing their plans for two major public events the
Committee will sponsor in honor of the new Ukrainian President, Viktor
Yushchenko, while he is in the United States for his first official visit as
President.
The first public event will be held at the Taras Shevchenko Monument in
Washington, D.C. beginning at NOON on Wednesday, April 6. President Yushchenko
will lay a wreath at the monument to the most famous Ukrainian, Taras Shevchenko
(1814-1861), an honored poet, writer, artist and fighter for personal liberty
and national independence.
Yushchenko will then speak at a large public Rally of Ukrainian- Americans and
other friends of Ukraine who will gather at the Shevchenko monument to celebrate
the victory of the Orange Revolution which resulted in the election of Viktor
Yushchenko as president of Ukraine in December of 2004. Yushchenko was
inaugurated on Sunday, January 23, 2005.
Several thousand people are expected at this event. Plans are being made for
people to come to Washington in special buses from such places as New York City,
Philadelphia and other cities.
The monument to Taras Shevchenko in Washington was unveiled on June 27, 1964 by
President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(http://www.artukraine.com/taras/monumentp2.htm)
The second event will be a large banquet in honor of President Yushchenko to be
held in the Omni Shoreham Hotel ballroom in Washington. The reception will begin
at 6:30 p.m and the banquet will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6.
Tickets are being sold to the public for the banquet. President Yushchenko will
also speak at the banquet.
EVENT ONE -- Wreath Laying and Orange Revolution Rally, Shevchenko Monument
Event: Wreath Laying and Speech By Viktor Yushchenko
President of Ukraine
Where: Shevchenko Monument, Washington, D.C.
Located near DuPont Circle, P & 22nd Street
When: Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 12 Noon - 2 p.m.
Attendance: The event is open to the public.
EVENT TWO -- Banquet in Honor of President Yushchenko
Event: Banquet in Honor of Viktor Yushchenko
President of Ukraine
Where: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
2500 Calvert Street, N.W. (at Connecticut Ave)
When: Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
Dress: Black Tie Optional
Attendance: Tickets for the banquet are now on sale to the
public for $200.00 each. One can purchase a ticket by check.
Seating is limited and the space available will be sold on the basis of when a
check arrives. The banquet is expected to be sold out in a very short period of
time.
Checks should be made out to the 'Yushchenko Banquet Committee' and mailed [with
complete contact information] immediately to the:
Ukrainian Washington Credit Union
P.O. Box 19228
Alexandria, Virginia 22320-1228.
Financial sponsors are needed for the two events. Special sponsor tables
(seating ten people) are available for the Yushchenko banquet for $2,500.00
each. Please contact the Committee for complete sponsor information.
Co-chairs of President Yushchenko's Welcome Committee are:
(1) Nadia Komarnyckyj McConnell, President U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF)
(2) Ihor Gawdiak, President
Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC)
(3) Ihor Kotlarchuk, President
The Washington Group (TWG)
(4) Michael Sawkiw, President
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA)
(5) Iryna Kurowyckyj, President
Ukrainian National Women's League of America
Other organizations represented on President Yushchenko's Welcome Committee
include the Action Ukraine Coalition; Holy Trinity Particular Catholic Church;
Saint Andrews Orthodox Cathedral; Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies;
The Bleyzer Foundation; The Ukrainan Association of Washington; Ukrainian
American Veterans, Inc.; Ukrainian Catholic Shrine of the Holy Family; Ukrainian
Federation of America; Ukrainian Human Rights Committee Ukrainian Institute of
America; Ukrainian National Association; Ukrainian National Information Service,
Ukrainian Scouting Organization (Plast); and the United Ukrainian American
Relief Committee.
For additional information call:
1. U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, 202 347 4264 2. Ukrainian Congress Committee of
America, 202 547 0018 3. Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, Ihor Gawdiak,
President, 410 884 9025
4. The Washington Group,
Ihor Kotlarchuk, President, 703 548 8534 5. Ukrainian National Women's League of
America Motria Slonewska, 703 536 7795
As further information becomes available about these two major events they will
be published in The Action Ukraine Report. -30-
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NOTE: Your editor is a member of the finance committee of President Yushchenko's
Welcome Committee. If you need further information please send an e-mail at
morganw@patriot.net or call me at 202 437 4707.
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