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Featuring: - Honored guest, Leonard Larkins, Private, Company A, 93rd Engineers General Service Regiment, construction of the Alaska Highway (Yukon Territory)
- Casey Woster, Architectural Historian, USAG Fort Wainwright
- Meadow Bailey, Alaska DOT&PF
- Auto display courtesy of Vernon Nash Antique Auto Club
This year marks the 75th anniversary of a road Alaskans are very familiar with; the Alaska Highway. The Alaska Highway is more than just a road, its legacy plays a vital role in the history of the United States and the nation's civil rights movement. This presentation honors the strategic importance of the highway, its connection to Lend-Lease, and the 10,000 soldiers who built it.
Did you know?- The bombing of Pearl Harbor led to construction of the Alaska Highway.
- Ladd Army Airfield, now Ft. Wainwright, served as the hand-over point for planes and supplies arriving in Alaska via both the higheat and the Alaska-Siberia Route as part of the Lend-Lease Program.
- Allen Army Airfield, then Big Delta, was constructed as a secondary airfield along the Alaska -Siberia Route, the main supply line of the Lend-Lease Program.
- The road was built by 10,000 soldiers in just over eight months. A third of these soldiers belonged to a segregated regiment whose contributions have been largely minimized.
- The successful construction of the road led to desegregation of the armed services, which played a big role in the nation's broader civil rights movement.
Photo courtesy of Dennis & Chris McClure, www.93regimentalcan.com
Special thanks to Explore Fairbanks, Alaska Airlines for bringing Mr. Larkins to Alaska and Westmark Hotel and Conference Center for lodging.
Download the event flyerFairbanks Chamber Weekly Business Lun...Date and Time
Tuesday May 30, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AKDTTuesday, May 30, 2017
Doors open and networking begin at 11:30AM
Program begins promptly at 12:00PM
Location
Carlson Center
Fees/Admission
MEMBERS
Lunch ticket - $20/person
Table Sponsorship - $240 *includes 8 lunch tickets and guaranteed premium seating
GENERAL PUBLIC
Lunch ticket - $25/person
Table Sponsorship - $280 *includes 8 lunch tickets and guaranteed premium seatingContact Information
Christina Tachick, Events and Programs Coordinator (907) 374-6705
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