Dear members, dear friends,

Yesterday the United States celebrated their 228th Independence Day, congratulations America!!!

Some days ago, on July 1st , the Consul General of the USA, Mr. Fletcher M. Burton, celebrated this day here in Halle in our local town hall.

Three members of our society were invited, and we had the chance to get a little exhibition prepared especially for this day. I am sure you will guess what about this exhibition was , of course, Count von Luckner and his relations to the USA and his role in understanding and peace between the nations.

The Consul General mentioned the Count in his speech; the speech on Saturday was published in our local newspaper, we will get the article scanned and published under "press" at our website.

Again a success for our society we think.

The next event will happen on next Tuesday. In the "Franckesche Stiftungen" (their director is a member of our team) there will be a "Count von Luckner evening" with lectures about this famous Sea-Devil. I will inform you about this event later on.

Best ever,

Matthias J. Maurer