The Washington Oxi Day Foundation

Presents

The First Annual Washington Oxi Day Celebration

October 27-28, 2011 | Washington, DC

Today’s heroes around the world who – in the spirit of Oxi Day – courageously battle Goliaths for freedom and democracy will be nominated by America’s policymakers and opinion leaders to be honored before international and national leaders convening in Washington, D.C. October 27-28, 2011 for the first annual Washington Oxi Day Celebration.

Some of the dignitaries will include:

• Senators and Members of Congress
• Senior White House, Defense and State Department officials
• World War II veterans
• Officials and Ambassadors from Greece and other nations.

This multi-day event of international significance will celebrate:

1. The day Greece refused to surrender, thereby inflicting the wound that eventually brought down the Axis forces in David vs Goliath fashion.
2. Those modern-day Davids who have demonstrated the same courage as the Greeks in fighting for freedom and democracy in their own nations.

WORKING SCHEDULE
[As of 10/13/11]

Thursday, October 27, 2011

8:00 am
Registration opens
[Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Conference Level]

9:45 am
Bus departs Four Seasons Hotel

10:00 am
Bus arrives at American University

10:30 am
Keynote address by American scholar regarding Greece’s courageous role in WWII
[American University, Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, Third Floor]

Welcome: American University Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Peter Star

Remarks: Georgetown University Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Hellenic Studies Chair, Patrick Deneen

Keynote Address: Haverford College Associate Professor of History, Alexander Kitroeff

12:00 noon
Bus departs American University

12:15 pm
Bus arrives at Four Seasons Hotel
[Free time for lunch independently]

1:45 pm
Bus departs Four Seasons Hotel

2:15 pm
Bus arrives at National World War II Memorial

2:30 pm
Presentation of the Oxi Day Greatest Generation Awards
[The National World War II Memorial, 17^th Street, NW between Constitution and Independence Avenues]

Honorees:

• Robert Joseph “Bobâ€� Dole, on behalf of American WWII Veterans
  • Introduced by Former US Ambassador to Belgium, Tom C. Korologos
• Panagiotis M. Sakellaris, on behalf of Greek WWII Veterans
  • Introduced by George P. Sakellaris

Mistress of Ceremonies:

• Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretary of State, Barbara Spyridon Pope

3:30 pm
Bus departs National World War II Memorial

3:45 pm
Bus arrives at Four Seasons Hotel

7:30 pm
Black Tie Banquet and Presentation of the Oxi Day Awards
[Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Conference Level]

6:00 pm
VIP Reception [Douglass Room and Patio]

6:30 pm
General Reception [Dumbarton Room]

7:30 pm
Dinner begins [Corcoran Ballroom]

Master of Ceremonies:

• Television Jounalist and Author Chris Matthews

Honorees:

• Oxi Day Award: Jamel Battaieb on behalf of the people of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
  • Introduced by National Endowment for Democracy President Carl Gershman
• Oxi Day Battle of Crete Award: Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

Friday, October 28, 2011

9:30 am
Bus departs Four Seasons Hotel

9:45 am
Bus arrives at St. Sophia Cathedral

10:00 am
Oxi Day Doxology
[St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 2815 36^th St, NW]

• Presided over by Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios

10:30 am
Presentation of the Oxi Day Metropolitan Chrysostomos Award
[St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral]

Remarks and Award Presentation by:

• Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios

Honoree:

• Greek Foreign Ministry’s Director of Diplomatic and Historical Archives, Photini Tomai
  • Introduced by Former US Ambassador to Greece Tom Miller

11:15 am
Bus departs St. Sophia Cathedral

11:30 am
Bus arrives at Four Seasons Hotel

[Free time for lunch independently]

2:15 pm
Bus Departs Four Seasons Hotel

2:45 pm
Bus arrives at Arlington National Cemetery

3:00 pm
Wreath-Laying Ceremony and Program
[Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers]

3:30 pm
Bus Departs Arlington National Cemetery

3:45 pm
Bus Arrives at Four Seasons Hotel

End of First Annual Washington Oxi Day Celebration

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