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HUGH PURVIS REUNION ASSOCIATION (HPRA)
HPRA 2022 REUNION
- MILWAUKEE -
JUNE 8-11
by Steve Tindall (Notes by the editor)
(photos have links)
Thursday will be our HOPS & HOGS tour day! This tour highlights the pro
ducts that
make Milwaukee famous.
Great beer and
an American Classic - Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Our day begins
at the Harley-Davidson Museum
where you can see Harley-Davidson motorcycles
and the culture surrounding them over the past 117 years, including
the first
motorcycle from 1903. Bring a camera for pictures on several of the
models as well as feeling the signature rumble on the Jumpstart. We
then make our way over to Lakefront Brewery, an
independent craft brewer in Milwaukee started by Russ and Jim Klisch in 1987.
Very well known for having the “most fun” brewery
tour starting with a beer in
your hand and ending in singing with Laverne and Shirley. Lunch will be
included at Lakefront Brewery including Milwaukee Beer Brats, Wisconsin Cheese
Curds and Kringle.
I’d like to hear from you about the afternoon portion of the Friday tour. Want the bus tour? Like to visit the museum? We could split the group if there is enough interest in both like we’ve done in the past. Let me know!
NOTE From the Editor:
by Steve Tindall (Notes by the editor)
(photos have links)
Due
to the ongoing pandemic, the slow roll-out of vaccines and that the
Boot Greatuations and other tours are either not happening or are not
open to visitors, the reunion planner has highly reccomended that we
postpone until 2022. It will be in the same time frame with all the
same tours and hotel. They have all agreed to honow our contracts and
updated hotel registration information will be provided below when
available.
Hotel resevation phone numbers and On-Line reservations will be available after January 1, 2022.
Greetings! Welcome to the Beer City! This year we
are going
to enjoy some of the many interesting sights in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
along with attending a graduation ceremony at Great Lake Recruit
Training Command! Some of you may still remember being a
“guest”
at Great Lakes for various phases of your training. Here is a
chance to see what has changed (easy answer: LOTS!).
We will be stayi
ng
at the Sheraton Milwaukee – Brookfield. It’s a beautiful
hotel
located within easy walking distance of the Brookfield Mall and the
newly constructed Brookfield Convention Center. This year the
room rates will NOT include breakfast and here is why. First,
most of you can get a lower cost breakfast by eating in the onsite
restaurant. Some will pay more but that is up to
you. The
second and most important reason is we will be on the buses at 0530 on
Friday to go to the graduation! I’m working on getting some
kind
of box breakfast provided at hopefully no cost to you for that
trip. But not much is open for eating at
O-dark-thirty.
ng
at the Sheraton Milwaukee – Brookfield. It’s a beautiful
hotel
located within easy walking distance of the Brookfield Mall and the
newly constructed Brookfield Convention Center. This year the
room rates will NOT include breakfast and here is why. First,
most of you can get a lower cost breakfast by eating in the onsite
restaurant. Some will pay more but that is up to
you. The
second and most important reason is we will be on the buses at 0530 on
Friday to go to the graduation! I’m working on getting some
kind
of box breakfast provided at hopefully no cost to you for that
trip. But not much is open for eating at
O-dark-thirty.
There will be welcome bags from Visit Brookfield with coupons, lists of
things to do and where to eat, maps, and other little
geegaws.
They are working with me to see if we can provide transportation from
the airport (Mitchell Field in Milwaukee) to and from the
hotel.
It should be reasonable priced but I’ll update you as I get more
information. The airport is 17.3 miles from the hotel and
Uber
and Lyft would also be options. An estimate of Lyft would be
$32-$45 based on the size of the party. AND when the schedule
is
published we will try to arrange a Hugh Purvis Night at Miller Park to
see the Brewers play someone. This will be contingent of them
playing in town during our stay so fingers crossed!
Thursday will be our HOPS & HOGS tour day! This tour highlights the pro
ducts that
make Milwaukee famous.
Great beer and
an American Classic - Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Our day begins
at the Harley-Davidson Museum
where you can see Harley-Davidson motorcycles
and the culture surrounding them over the past 117 years, including
the first
motorcycle from 1903. Bring a camera for pictures on several of the
models as well as feeling the signature rumble on the Jumpstart. We
then make our way over to Lakefront Brewery, an
independent craft brewer in Milwaukee started by Russ and Jim Klisch in 1987.
Very well known for having the “most fun” brewery
tour starting with a beer in
your hand and ending in singing with Laverne and Shirley. Lunch will be
included at Lakefront Brewery including Milwaukee Beer Brats, Wisconsin Cheese
Curds and Kringle.
Friday is NAVAL STATION
GREAT LAKES & GRADUATION Day! This tour takes us to
Naval Station Great Lakes,
“the Quarterdeck of the Navy” and the Navy’s only Boot Camp. Our day
includes an RTC Recruit Graduation Ceremony
aka Pass-in-Review, and lunch at MWR Port O’Call Restaurant.
In the afternoon we will either have a “windshield
tour” of the base OR we will go to the on base museum the
National Museum of the American Sailor! The National Museum
of the American Sailor’s exhibits tells the stories of Enlisted Sailors
from colonial America to those serving
today. Starting with boot camp basics and looking back at the triumphs
and challenges of a naval force constantly in flux. Get a
peek
into the everyday life of a Sailor at the United
States Navy’s newest museum!
Great Lakes Navel
Training Center>>>
I’d like to hear from you about the afternoon portion of the Friday tour. Want the bus tour? Like to visit the museum? We could split the group if there is enough interest in both like we’ve done in the past. Let me know!
Steve
Tindall (71-72/FTG3) - Reunion Planner - grayflame328@gmail.com
Friday evening will be the gala dinner at the hotel. It’s a
beautiful room and the food should be great. I’m working on a
Saturday morning breakfast for everyone as well. It would be
a
group setting and hopefully I can get it reasonably priced. I
know not everyone is Bill Gates!
NOTE From the Editor:
The above article for the 2022 reunion presents the planning as May
1st, 2020. The location, hotel and most of the tour plans are set.
Pricing for the hotel and tours will be announced in a future
newsletter and on the website. Dinner choices will also be available
then. It is expected that information will be available in the January
2021 newsletter, including the hotel reservation number and links. All
forms; reunion registration and clothing ordering will be available in
the late March newsletter and the website.
2022
HPRA
REUNION FORMS and Other Information (select)...
2021 Milwaukee Reunion - Postponed due to COVID-10
It has been moved to June 8-11, 2022
2019 & 2020 Reunion Golf Shirt & Hat Ordering Information
2022 will be available at the reunion registration time.
2021 Milwaukee Reunion - Postponed due to COVID-10
It has been moved to June 8-11, 2022
2019 & 2020 Reunion Golf Shirt & Hat Ordering Information
2022 will be available at the reunion registration time.
*** Reunion
Schedule and
Coordinators
***
2022 - Chicago/Milwaukee (June - Steve Tindall)
2023 - TBT
2022 - Chicago/Milwaukee (June - Steve Tindall)
2023 - TBT
