Hotel: Holiday Inn Downtown Mobile
Location: Mobile, AL
Date: 09/16/2016 - 09/20/2019
Chaired By: Tom Weir
Attendance: 37 total/21 shipmates.
Highlights
The fourteenth Greene Association Reunion was held at the Holiday Inn Downtown in Mobile, Alabama from September 16-20, 2019. On Monday twenty-one shipmates and sixteen guests met in the Hopitality Room for registration. Raffle items were displayed for the final evening banquet and guests provided hometown treats for all to savor.
The next day after breakfast the group toured the USS Alabama Memorial Park and held a Memorial Service for deceased shipmates on board USS Alabama BB-60. After lunch in the ship’s wardroom many toured the USS Drum SS-228.
Wednesday all enjoyed a tour of historic Mobile with lunch at a local restaurant. The highlight of the tour was a visit to Richards DAR House Museum which was built in 1860 and is on the National Registry of historic places. The Hospitality Room once again was open for an evening of shipmate social activities.
The Association’s Business was held in the morning and it was decided to hold the next Reunion by booking a cruise in the Fall of 2020. The formal banquet was a Mobile Mardi Gras theme in the hotel Ballroom. The guest speaker for the banquet was LCDR Richard Mahone, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Limited Duty Officer. Farewells, hugs and handshakes were in order on Friday as all departed until next year.