I went in intending to bring up to the Chairman that we needed to invite some Senate candidates down here. But, apparently, the Senate candidate beat me to it.
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James Webb's campaign had been in contact with one of our members who volunteers for his campaign, asking about a location in Bristol where James Webb could come to in late May.
Apparently, the BVDC member, whom we shall call Terry, for that was is name, suggested our annual Memorial Day celebration on May 28th. The event is held downtown on Cumberland Street, at the Veterans' Memorial (which is directly across from WCYB, so they'll have no excuse to not cover it), and will include a big ceremony by the VFW. The options for Webb apparently are to speak before 11:00 am, or after 2:00 pm. The question was raised as to whether some of the VFW members would like to speak in support of James Webb, and whether they would want to incorporate him, as a former Secretary of the Navy and Vietnam veteran, into their program (I doubt they'll go that far, but it would be nice for some of the VFW members to endorse him publicly)
The appearance hasn't yet officialy been confirmed, but I look for it to be official very soon.
Anybody who is in this part of the country should definitly make it out to this event; the Memorial Day celebration is fun enough, but it would be even better to half a hundred or so loud and proud Webb supporters in the crowd for his speech!