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he Atlanta Area Chapter of The Military Order of the World Wars attended the first face to face gathering since the pandemic on Saturday, July 17, 2021. MOWW is one of the oldest military officer organizations in the US, which began in 1919 as a vision of “The General of the Armies,” General John J. Pershing. The 2021 gathering was a picnic
By Linda Ebert
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Peachtree Corners Magazine ■ August/September 2021 ■ LivingInPeachtreeCorners.com
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6 entitled “Susan’s Summer Social” in remembrance of companion Susan Newman who was the Chapter Treasurer. There were 42 attendees at the event, including MOWW companions and Susan Newman’s friends and co-workers from Molnlycke, a Peachtree Corners medical supply store. The social was held at the home and garden of Ms. Dorothy Newman, a longtime resident of Peachtree Corners, who is the Protocol Officer for the Chapter. Companions traveled from as far as Augusta, peachtreecornerslife
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Sharpsburg, Newnan, Flowery Branch, Woodstock, Mableton and Hoschton, Ga. to attend. Many awards were presented during the ceremony. PCINC, COL David Titus, a Past Commander in Chief; Region V CDR, SGM Mike Culbertson; Atlanta Chapter CDR, Robert Soderstrom; and Past CDR, Linda Ebert Ariff presented the various special awards, medals and Certificates of Appreciation, as well as Centennial historical keepsake coins to the committee members for peachtreecornerslife
