Event: Reunion 2007
2007 Dues Required: If you plan on attending, please have your dues up to date by Sept. 1, 2007
2007 Reunion Registration Fees: $75 for individual, $150 for couple, $60 each for non-member guests.
Tours: We are working on two tours, one Thursday and one Friday. They will cost $35 each, per person ($70 per person for both tours).
To update your dues, or reunion and tours payments: Please make your check payable to: USS Kennebec (AO-36) Association
Mail to:
John Hollowood,Treasurer
607 Emerald Meadows Ct. St.
Charles, MO 63304

Reunion Location: Next to Washington, DC., at Arlington, VA
Date: October 10-11-12-13-14, 2007

 

WHERE

Place: Double Tree Hotel Crystal City (Click Here for website)
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone 1-866-999-8439
Hotel Ph: 703-416-4100
Directions-Click Here

Check-in: October 10th, after 1500 hours.
Check-out: October 14th at 1200 hours.
Room Rates: $129. per night with double bed, up to 4 persons. $20. per each additional person over count of 4.
Room Extras: Upon checking into the hotel, if you desire a small refrigerator in your room (free for asking), please advise the person at the check-in desk.
Suite: A hospitality suite will be available for our use, i.e. lounging, meeting old buddies, meeting new ones, and ship's store. The hotel will also provide special setups per our instructions. Food and drinks, audio visual and electrical requirement will be available at a price to be determined.

Transportation

Fly-ins: Plan your flight to arrive at Reagan National Airport. Our hotel has daily shuttle service on a 30 minute schedule to and from this airport.
Drivers: The hotel has a controlled self parking garage with daily fee of approximately $9.00.
Rental Cars: To save money on airport fees, rent a car from the car rental agency located at the hotel instead of at airport.
Shuttle Services: Daily 30 minute schedule to and from Pentagon City Mall from our hotel. And for a $10 round trip ticket, easy access to Washington, DC on the Washington Metro Rail System, which also has a stop at the Pentagon City Mall.

Itinerary

Banquet: The banquet dinner will be similar to the San Diego reunion, i.e. salad, a beef, fish or chicken entree, desert and coffee at a cost of approximately $42.00 per person. The hotel will provide an open bar where you will pay for your soft and hard drinks.
Ship's Store: Our ship’s store will be open in our hospitality suite and will have beverages to serve including alcoholic beverages and snacks. Kennebec “T” shirts, hats and other ship item samples will be available.
Bring Snacks : With The Holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas) coming down the road the next few months, We (The association) invite the membership and their spouses/guests to bring their favorite Holiday Treat. Homemade would be great (Cookies, Cheese balls, Fudge. ETC.) to bring to the Hospitality room (with Mini Fridge) and membership meeting for us all to enjoy. A tasty dish to pass around and a cost savings to us all. We have bought these things at the local supermarket but it is not the same as home made. If you plan on bring something let me know etc., so we can shop according....And bring your recipe to share too!
Tours:

The tours of the US Capital have been set and are as follows, because of the large group, (we gave them a count of 60 people) we have been divided into two (2) groups of 30 each:

• The first group will tour the Capital at 2:05pm on October 11, 2007..
• The second group will tour the Capital at 2:20pm on October 11, 2007..
• At the start of each tour we must be present and ready 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour.
• If we are late and can't start at the tour time, we will be cancelled..
• Also, at the completion of each tour, we will be given passes to the gallery, may even see your congressman in action. these passes will be handed out after the tour..

The White House Tour, will be late in the morning on October 11. 2007. This tour has not been approved yet, however, once approved, We will need the following info for submittal for clearance:

• A listing of each person taking the tour, Listing their first and last names.
• Their date of birth.
• Their social security number...
• This listing must be provided well in advance before the tour date...
• So please summit this list of requirements to me and I will send it Joe Arbaiza (who is in charge of the paper work and who has worked real hard in putting this all together, Hotel and Tours). Let's help Joe out by getting this information to me by the end of next week so I can put a list together for him to give to his congressman's tour coordinator..
• The white house reserves the right to cancel us, should the tour conflict with events in the President's agenda or schedule in the house...