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(ACDA) and has held many state and divisional offices. Nance’s choirs have appeared at several ACDA conferences and have toured Europe on five occasions. In the summer of 2011 the Choir of the West won two gold and one silver certificate at the prestigious Harmonie Festival, held in Lindenholzhausen, Germany. Also in 2011, two PLU choral albums under Nance’s direction won first and second prize in their categories of the “American Prize” competition, and Nance received first prize for conducting

Heller. His parents, John and Georgette, survived the horrors of concentration camps. They were honored at the conference, along with the six million who lost their lives during the Holocaust. The event also marked the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht. In November of 1938, the windows of many Jewish businesses where mashed, hence Kristallnacht, “the night of broken glass.” The Nazis blamed all the problems Germany was facing on the Jewish people. The event spiraled Jewish resentment into repression

good citizen and celebrate the rights those that defend this country fight for. “This is the thanks America can give,” he said. Origin of Veterans Day Veterans Day was first called Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. It was enacted by President Woodrow Wilson on Nov. 11, 1919. The day was in recognition of those who fought in World War I. It marked the signing of the Armistice agreement by Germany that ended WWI on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. In 1954, after

. Nance’s choirs have appeared at several ACDA conferences and have toured Europe on five occasions. In the summer of 2011 the Choir of the West won two gold and one silver certificate at the prestigious Harmonie Festival, held in Lindenholzhausen, Germany. Also in 2011, two PLU choral albums under Nance’s direction won first and second prize in their categories of the “American Prize” competition, and Nance received first prize for conducting. Richard Nance’s compositions are regularly performed by

October 1, 2013 Our Middle Name: People of Wondrous Ability Editor’s note: This essay is the first in a series of writings in Scene from various authors on Lutheran outreach in the world, and the impact and meaning of a Lutheran higher education. By Professor Samuel Torvend, Chair of Lutheran Studies In 1524, monasteries across Germany had closed, their property confiscated by greedy rulers. And with this, education of the young was abandoned. In desperation, Martin Luther wrote a heartfelt

, including Hamburg, Berlin and Vienna. On Feb. 18, 1943, White Rose members Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested by the Gestapo after distributing leaflets in the University of Munich atrium. Along with another member, Christoph Probst, a married father of three children, the Scholls were executed by guillotine on Feb. 22. Many other White Rose members stood trial and faced execution or imprisonment in the months to follow. The last White Rose leaflet was smuggled out of Germany and ultimately airdropped