Armed Forces and Overseas Citizen Voters Week
Each Federal election year (every even numbered year), the Federal Voting Assistance Program works with the Uniformed Services and overseas citizens groups to promote voter registration and absentee voting by conducting Voting Emphasis Weeks. June 28 to July 7, 2010 is designated Armed Forces Voters Week (AFVW) and Overseas Citizens Voters Week (OCVW). The primary [...]
Military and Overseas Voters, Submit your Ballot Request for the June, July and August State Primaries!
Military and Overseas Voters, Submit your Ballot Request for the June,
July and August State Primaries!
The following States will hold Primary Elections during the months of
June, July and August 2010 on the dates indicated.
June 1, 2010: Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico June 8, 2010:
California, Iowa, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia [...]
Celebrate the 4th July at Sulgrave Manor, ancestral home of George Washington
Gemmaway and The American Society in London invite you to join us to celebrate The 4th of July in this very special home!
Sulgrave Manor is a Tudor Manor built by Lawrence Washington a direct ancestor of George Washington, in the 1500’s. It has a fascinating history through the centuries, but by 1914 it was just [...]
Georgia Voters – June 8, 2010 Special Runoff Election!
On Tuesday, June 8th Georgia will hold a special general runoff election
to fill the Congressional vacancy left by the resignation of Congressman
Nathan Deal of the 9th District. The following counties are included in
the 9th Congressional District: parts of Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin,
Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Hall, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Union, Walker,
White, and Whitfield Counties.
On May 11, [...]
Memorial Day 2010
A Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at the Brookwood American Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, at 3pm on Sunday May 30th. More information is available from the Brookwood Cemetery website and from these PDFs from the Embassy website:
Information about the cemetery
Running order
Helping Americans Overseas
The United Kingdom is a great place to visit, but if you’re an American citizen and have been the victim of a crime or an accident, then the U.S. Embassy is ready to assist you.
President Obama speaks with Prime Minister Cameron
A statement from President Barack Obama, on his call to new UK Prime Minister David Cameron:
“Today, I was pleased to call David Cameron to extend my personal congratulations for the successful campaign that he ran and for becoming the new British Prime Minister. As I told the Prime Minister, the United States has no [...]
Annual Panel Discussion: Nuclear Iran, Threat or Distraction?
Columbia, Georgetown, Sciences Po and Tufts are hosting their annual panel discussion on 27 May 2010.
This year’s topic will be “Nuclear Iran, Threat or Distraction” and will include 4 prominent speakers, Nazenin Ansari of “Liberty” and the Foreign Press Association, Admiral du Puy-Montbrun (a specialist on Iran’s nuclear capability), Jon Leyne the BBC Tehran Correspondent [...]
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Celebrating their twenty-seventh year on the concert stage, the members of the GRAMMY-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) continue to set the standard for expression and virtuosity among guitar ensembles, while perennially redefining themselves in their musical explorations. Music by Bizet, John Philip Souza and Villa-Lobos.
LAGQ are appearing as part of the London Guitar Festival [...]
Pennsylvania Military and Overseas Voters!
Pittsburgh Postcard
Tuesday, May 18, Pennsylvania will hold a special general election to fill the seat for the 12th Congressional District vacancy left by the passing of Congressman John Murtha. The 12th Congressional District consists of all of Greene County, and parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.
In addition [...]
