Our society will be meeting in person or on Zoom at 10 am on the third Saturday in the Fort Collins Senior Center for our monthly programs. We hold a hybrid meeting in person and using our Zoom video service. Capacity is 50 persons in the Prairie Sage One room. Lots of free parking at the senior center. We look forward to seeing you there!
Our May 17 program begins at 10 am in the Prairie Sage I room at the Fort Collins Senior Center. Visitors (not LCGS members) need to register below to receive the Zoom info and handout.
President Larry Doyle provides a brief overview of our society with the latest committee reports followed by today’s program.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
In April 2024, Navy veteran Del Ritchhart and 119 other veterans traveled to Washington D.C. to visit many military exhibits. Many veterans are finally recognized for their military service during these conflicts and some making peace with their past service. Del has created a wonderful video tribute of his recent trip to the military exhibits including the WWII Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall), Air Force Memorial, U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, and Lincoln Memorial. During the return trip, the veterans are provided several letters from local students thanking them for their service! If you are a veteran or grew up during these different conflicts, you will enjoy this program!
Speaker Profile
Instructor Del Ritchhart
Del served in the US Navy and retired as a Navy captain. His duties included a tour in Vietnam flying out of Cam Ranh Bay providing support in the Gulf of Tonkin to U.S. Navy Battle Groups and patrolling the South Vietnamese Coast looking for North Vietnamese boats infiltrating supplies and troops into South Vietnam. His final tour was as Deputy Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Navy. He is currently an instructor and was the past facilitator for the German Study Group for our society. He also gives presentations for the International German Genealogy Partnership Conference. Del has given over 120 genealogy presentations to numerous groups in the Southern California and Northern Colorado areas in the past nine years. He published, “Breathing Life Into My Family Ancestors” in late 2011 and published his second book “Ordinary People Who Accomplished the Extraordinary—Our Immigrant Ancestors and Their Descendants” in November 2019.
Del began researching his family history in 1994. He served in leadership positions in several San Diego genealogy organizations; including President, Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego and Program Director, San Diego Genealogical Society. He was Chair of The Working Group for soliciting Sponsors, Exhibitors and Advertisers for the June 2019 International German Genealogy Partnership Conference held in Sacramento.
Everyone interested in genealogy or family history is welcome to attend our free online classes!
Register below to receive the handout and Zoom info on the evening (between 7 to 10 pm) before the event!
Everyone that is interested in genealogy or family history is welcome to our FREE online classes!
Map to Fort Collins Senior Center
Map for Fort Collins Senior Center
Questions? Contact: Education Chair Bob Larson at Education@lcgsco.org
Be sure to use our Thursday afternoon (except holiday weeks) genealogy help session from 1 to 3 pm at the Fort Collins Downtown Library and Loveland Library. Members or visitors: please send an email to Genealogyhelp@lcgsco.org with your request, and if for an ancestor, please send your family tree info from Ancestry, MyHeritage or a family tree image from your genealogy software.
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