Page 18 - Sojourner Newsletter-WINTER 2021-2022

18 THE SOJOURNER

On 6 November 2021 Light Horse Harry Lee Camp provid-
ed a color guard for hundreds of attendees at the annual Will-
ing Warrior Gala Event at the Lansdowne Resort in
Leesburg, VA. Hero Les Albers (Past Commander), wearing
his Continental dress uniform, led the audience in the Pledge
of Allegiance and then delivered the “Toast to the Flag”. He-
ro Aaron Irvin, in tricorn and mufti, carried Old Glory and
presented it to the viewers during the Pledge, Toast and Na-
tional Anthem, which was peformed acapella by a vocalist.
Brother Irvin has diligently cultivated a positive relationship
between Old Dominion Chapter No. 364 and the Willing
Warrior project. This organization “Provides cost-free retreat
stays and programs that positively impact wounded, injured,
and ill service members and disabled Veterans.” Brother Irvin
spearheads the Chapter’s efforts to support this essential and
patriotic service.
Pictured left: Flag Detail—Heroes Les Albers and Aaron Ir-
vin

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JIMMY DOOLITTLE CAMP (Black Hills #422). On April 17 2021, one day from the 79 anniversary
of the Doolittle Raid, the National Commander, Martin Schwebel, accompanied by Most Worshipful Jason
Swindler, Grand Master of Masons of South Dakota, conducted the Chartering and Installation Ceremony for
the Jimmy Doolittle Camp, Heroes of ’76 at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB, Rap-
id City, SD. The Jimmy Doolittle Camp was formed under Black Hills Chapter # 422, National Sojourners®.

The National Commander and the MWGM of Masons of SD with members of Black Hills #422 and officers
of the newly chartered Jimmy Doolittle Camp pose with a B-25 similar to that used on the Doolittle Raid on
April 18, 1942. The Doolittle Camp is chartered at Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD a former duty station of our
fraternal Brother Gen James H. Doolittle.