2005

4 July 2005 EVENT: Independence Day – Tarrytown LOCATION: Austin, Texas No details available from the original archive.

July 4, 2005 Each year, the little village of Lakeway hosts a fun little Independence Day Parade. The normal routine is everyone meets at Scott Swenson’s place and convoy’s over to the airfield/golf course where the start of the parade is. This year, Jeff had a bit of ‘trouble’ with his newly restored MB when

July 4, 2005 Toby spends his summers in New Mexico with his two vehicles “Clara” and “Hercules”. Clara is an M170 and Hercules is an M37. Each year, he drags them ‘off the hill’, and participates in the small parade held in Capitan.

June 26, 2005 A spiritual and patriotic presentation with guest speaker Chaplain (Maj. General) David Hicks along with patriotic songs and music and recognition of all veterans and current military personnel. This year, Danny was the only member who was able to attend the event and he reported it was another excellent program by Pastors

June 9, 2005 Pilot’s Choice, Georgetown, Texas The 42nd Model A Ford Texas Tour from June 9 – 12, 2005, made an early stop in Georgetown, Texas which gave club members a chance to participate because this year’s theme was “A Salute to the Greatest Generation.” Dozens upon dozens of Model A Fords converged on

June 6, 2005 Camp Mabry, Austin Texas On 6-6-05 Comanche District Cub Scouts held a military theme Basic Training day camp on Camp Mabry in Austin. Lone Star MVPA had been asked if we could provide a vehicle to transport scouts around the base and John SS volunteered his deuce. Early Monday morning John drove

May 30, 2005 Cook-Walden Funeral Park, Pflugerville, Texas The right thing to do. First up, thanks to Toby and Herb for coming out Saturday morning and helping VFW Post 8925 put out about 700 flags at Forest Oaks Cemetery in Oak Hill With the threat of continued rains lurking all around the area on Sunday

May 28, 2005 Club member Bill B from Bastrop purchased an M38 several years ago and decided to dust it off from the barn and get it out. Bill, a navy veteran, decked out the work-in-progress with a camo net and parked the vehicle at the main entrance for all to see. Can’t wait to

May 21 & 22, 2005 San Marcos, Texas HOT! Saturday About 7:30am, members of the Lonestar-MVPA began rolling into the San Marcos Airport for the first of two days of terrific air show, camaraderie, and food. Saturday’s participants included Rory C. and his daughter Caitlin in the Unimog, Danny K. with his M151A2 and M416

May 21/22, 2005 After Action Report courtesy of of Jeff Hunt with G Company Photographs courtesy of Doug Porter with G Company Lonestar MVPA members attending included Tim W with his MB, and Jeff M. The Bellmead “Rhine River Crossing” event this past weekend was pretty good. The city definitely treated the participants well. There

May 6/7/8, 2005 Synopsis: Friday Ka-Boom, Saturday Sunny, Sunday Windy, Stormy, Wet, Dreary What an event! …or series of events for this years Temple Air Show. Following last years great air show day with a day of tremendous storms resulting in ‘the mud pit’, this year was no different except for the days being reversed.

April 9, 2005 Yet another one for the books with a record THIRTEEN vehicles! This year was 180 degrees different than last years event. With perfect weather forecast for Saturday, Herb and Scott staked out the usual spot by the huge shade tree and began to set-up making sure to ‘acquire’ the largest perimeter available.

Saturday, March 5, 2005 Texas Independence Day was March 2 which fell on a Wednesday this year. Therefore, the parade was scheduled for the following Saturday. Formerly known as the Texas Independence Day parade, the new name is Celebrate Texas. On hand were a gaggle of Lonestar MVPA members including Danny K and his M151A2/M416,

February 19/20, 2005 This event to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima was put on by the Nimitz Museum and the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. Starting with final organizational efforts on Friday, February 18th, and running through the following Sunday, it included a military vehicle parade on Saturday that

February 12, 2005 Middle School, Austin Texas After attending the Boy Scout Report to State Parade in Austin, the club was invited to Pack 395’s annual Blue and Gold banquet. The event is to give awards to the various scouts for their achievements during the past year as well as recognize those that have contributed

February 5, 2005 Austin, Texas Amazing… What an amazing event! Members of the club turned out in full-force to accept the challenge of hauling multiple groups of scouts for this years annual Report to State parade up Congress Ave. Arriving at the the TxDOT parking lot, the group unloaded and prepared for what was to

January 15, 2005 At the request of club member and longtime scout Bill B., Tim W. put his 1941 MB slat grill jeep on display at the entryway to a local awards ceremony for the Boy Scouts of America. The vehicle was used as means of sparking conversation and developing the broad interests and knowledge