{Dutch American Heritage Day 2005 with Mom & Dad}

On October 22nd of 2005, when Pieter and I flew back home to Atlanta, USA from Amsterdam, we had Mom & Dad in tow with us. We'd gifted them another trip to the USA and they would stay with us in the Rose Suite till December 3rd.

So naturally when we got the invitation for the Dutch American Heritage Day celebration in Atlanta, we did take Mom & Dad along with us.

November 16, 2005 at the Oglethorpe Museum in Atlanta.

We had no clue that just a little over two years later, Mom would be on dialysis...

In this photo Mom already is having body swelling, caused by fluid retention due to kidney problems not yet known.... 

It took the local doctors years to figure out what was wrong. 

So much about socialized medicine in The Netherlands...

Wearing my Escada Leather Coat.

In the back, you see husband Pieter, me, Mom and Dad at the reception table.

The lady with the green vest is the wife of the former Dutch Consul whom Mom & Dad met already on May 1st of 1987, at the Consul's mansion in Atlanta for Dutch Queen's Day.

The very first official Dutch American Heritage Day reception was held in Atlanta at the Occidental Grand Hotel, now Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta. 

We went there on Tuesday, November 16, 1993 together with the Director of our Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Willie Paulk.

• The 2-½ hour drive also yielded a nice door price!
• I'm wearing my Escada leather coat and matching leather tote with Escada skirt and blouse.

• The Holland Times in which Dutch American Heritage Day is explained.
• Also is mentioned that in 2005 the Netherlands has become the second largest investor in the United States and the largest foreign employer in the State of Georgia!
• Reason for bringing our Dublin Laurens County Chamber of Commerce director along!
• I'm also a proud Chamber Member; just click on above link to see my listing:
• Jewelry Store | Upscale French Gifts | Boutique

There are even 3 pictures of Mom & Dad with us, that got published in The Holland Times from the Atlanta Holland Club.

See bottom left and bottom center...

Again, husband Pieter to the right towards bottom with his door prize and me at the left center bottom.

This will be always a very special happy memory as we went there together with Mom & Dad!

That literally seals our Dutch American Heritage...

Related links:
Oglethorpe Museum in Atlanta where the Dutch American Heritage Day reception was held
Four Season Hotel in Atlanta used to be the Occidental Grand Hotel in 1993
The Atlanta Holland Club | link
{1903 Ladies Home Journal by Edward Bok - The Mother of America & Dutch American Heritage Day} | previous post by me
{Dutch - American Heritage Day: November 16 since 1991} | previous post by me
{The Dutch 1st to Salute to the Flag of The United States in 1776} | previous post by me
{Mom's 4th Dialysis Anniversary} | previous post by me
{Mom's 5th Dialysis Anniversary} | previous post by me
{Our Rose Suite Bedroom} | previous post by me

{1903 Ladies Home Journal by Edward Bok - The Mother of America & Dutch American Heritage Day}

We do have this October 1903 Ladies Home Journal magazine because of its publication by Edward Bok about The Mother of America. 

• Edward Bok, a Duch immigrant who came to the USA at the age of 6, was the editor of The Ladies Home Journal. 
• Edward Bok also was the friend of no less than four US Presidents and other leading Statesmen and Authors. 
• He was a top journalist and changed quite a lot for this nation. "Go to it, you Dutchman," encouraged President Theodore Roosevelt. 
• Edward Bok did just that and found substance in the American dream.

• This October 1903 Ladies Home Journal is quite huge in size, far bigger than nowadays magazines. 
• More comparable with the size of a news paper!
• You also can view this as a PDF by clicking here: Cover of the Ladies Home Journal October 1903

Again, for easier reading this article you can view it as PDF by clicking here: The Mother of America Article by Bok October 1903

• With Dutch American Heritage Day nearing on November 16, it is quite appropriate to understand a bit more about this Dutch born immigrant.
• As a matter of fact, the reading world of America has yet to learn the real extent of the Dutch influences which underlie American institutions and have shaped American life... The Mother of America

IV. A Presidential Friend and a Boston Pilgrimage | excerpt of the book: The Americanization of Edward Bok (1920), which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921

XXV. The President and the Boy | excerpt of the book: The Americanitzation of Edward Bok 

Did you have any idea about this enormous Dutch influence such as the American Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution of the United States and one, the Declaration, is based almost entirely upon the Declaration of Independence of the United Republic of the Netherlands....

See excerpt below from The Mother of America:

Related links:
{Dutch - American Heritage Day: November 16 since 1991} | previous post by me
{The Dutch 1st to Salute to the Flag of The United States in 1776} | previous post by me

{Golden Silk Spider - Charlotte's Cousin}

One more time I like to show you some pictures of our Golden Silk Spider. Even more so because my husband Pieter is momentarily reading his Nook-book: 'The Story Of Charlotte's Web' and that made me think of our Golden Silk Spider as Charlotte's Cousin! Are you afraid of spiders or are you in awe of their webs like I am?

These Golden Silk Spiders sure are fascinating!

See the MALE?

He is so tiny, at the top left...

Look at their web!

They use dry, tough and sticky threads for building their huge webs.

Through the book: 'The Story of Charlotte's Web' Pieter did learn more about how they manage to bridge their web over such a vast distance.

We had several of them in September but now they seem to have disappeared.

Those females die after they lay their eggs so probably their life's cycle has been fulfilled...

Related links:
{Our Golden Silk Spider aka Giant Wood Spider} | previous post by me
Charlotte A Cavatica: Bloodthirsty, Wise and True 
Barn Spider | for A. Cavaticus