Calendar Of Events

Audie Murphy Days 2013
May 17-18
At the Fletcher Warren Civic Center & museum
All activities taking place at the civic center are free
except for the dinner/concert. Regular admission charge
to the museum of $6 adults, $4 seniors/veterans/college
students, & $2 6-18 yr. olds.
Admission good for both days.

Program for Friday, May 17 at Fletcher Warren Civic Center:
9:00am Exhibition Room opens
9:30am Morning Session begins:
Master of Ceremonies - Ron Wensel
Post colors - Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, Ft. Sill, OK
Invocation - Kenny Jones, Salvation Army
Pledge of Allegiance presented by John Hanners
National Anthem - Royce Slough
Welcome - John Hanners, Museum president
Musical Interlude - Jordan Ricks, GHS Music Director
Guest Speaker - Staff Sgt. Eric Slough, Ft. Sill, OK
(A multiple combat veteran and, to our knowledge, the only member
of the prestigious Sgt. Audie Murphy Club from Hunt County.
SAMC is an elite organization of noncommissioned officers who
have demonstrated performance and inherent leadership
qualities and abilities characterized by Sgt. Audie Murphy)
Musical Interlude - Greenville Middle School Select Choir
Recognition of Veterans - Hunt County Veterans Honor Guard
Guest Speaker - Lt. Col. Don Houk (ret.)
(Will portray General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle who
led the famous Doolittle Raid in WWI).
Recognition of Murphy Family Members
Retire colors - Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, Ft. Sill, OK

Break For Lunch, Exhibit Hall open

2:00pm Film Medley:
Behind Nazi Guns - Medal of Honor with Audie Murphy
Newsreels from the 1940s

5:00-6:00pm
Audie Bingo

7:00pm
Concert by Mark Wright
(Mark Wright, a 23-year Navy veteran is a cowboy, a poet,
a singer and a soldier who will make you feel good about America
and the patriots who have sacrificed so much in the name of freedom)
Tickets: $12 adults, $5 children 5-12
Includes Spaghetti Dinner from 6:00-7:00pm

Program for Saturday, May 18 at Fletcher Warren Civic Center
9:00am - Exhibition Room opens
9:20am - "USO" program begins
Master of Ceremonies - Stacy Foley
Post colors - Sgt. Audie Murphy Club - Ft. Sill, OK
Trombonium Sinfonium
(A unique blend of brass and rhythm who were the only
community group invited to perform at the Music Educators
National Convention in Dallas in 2003 and at the
International Tuba/ Euphonium Symposium at Baylor University in 2011)
Greenville High School Flaming Flashes
(An award winning drill team)
Bonham Jazz Band
(Playing for the first time in Greenville, this group of talented
teenagers perform all around Bonham at a variety of special events)
Retire colors - Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, Ft. Sill, OK

Break For Lunch
Activities move over to the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum

2:00pm - Historian Trace Chinworth on Women in the Military

3:00pm - Movie: Stage Door Canteen
5:30pm - Hot dogs, popcorn & soft drinks
6:00pm - Movie Drawing, Larry Winters
6:15pm - David Williams - Q & A session about just published
book Audie Murphy's Film & Television Co-Stars from A to Z.
7:00pm - Movie: 40 Guns to Apache Pass
8:30pm - Candlelight Remebrance at Statue
Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance - Steve Ramsey
"God Bless America" - Brenda Estes
"Taps" - Chip Cole

Hotel Discount Information:
Deadline to reserve rooms at this rate May 1st.
Holiday Inn Express
(903) 454-8680
Standard Room - $89 plus tax
Junior Suite - $109 plus tax
2 room Suite - $119 plus tax

Best Western Plus Monica Royale Inn & Suites
(903) 454-3700
Standard Room - $84 plus tax
Junior Suite - $104 plus tax
2 room Suite - $114 plus tax