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New President’s Acceptance Speech

February 1, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Club News

This is the text of Phil Orenstein’s acceptance speech at the installation of new Club officers at the January 9, 2014 Queens Village Republican Club meeting.

Thank you for the great honor of being installed as President of the Queens Village Republican Club.  But I accept this role also as a great responsibility to continue to build our historical and iconic Club and the Republican Party in this part of Queens.

As former Congressman LTC Allen West, who was our keynote speaker at a past Lincoln Dinner, said:  “As the oldest GOP club in America, it is your duty to carry the torch for the Republican Party and its core principles for the whole nation.”  This is a tall order and I will do my utmost to fulfill this mission entrusted to us.

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Abraham Lincoln was the original force behind the creation of a teeming network of Republican Clubs to build the Party organization and help in his presidential campaign with parades, brass bands, barbeques and rallies.  The Republican Party stood for opposition to slavery, for economic freedom, individual liberty, free market capitalism, opportunity, the dignity of work, self-improvement and hope, and it still does today.

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January 31, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Our Sponsors

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January 31, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Our Sponsors

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WW II Veteran to be Honored at Lincoln Dinner

January 30, 2014by Phil Orenstein in Club News, Lincoln Dinner

For a lifetime of service to his city, state and nation in his U.S. military and civilian careers in the City of New York, Lt. Col. John W. Peterkin is highly deserving of the “Veteran of the Year” award and the praise and gratitude of all Americans.

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Lieutenant Colonel John W. Peterkin (Ret.) U.S. Army, a decorated war hero who served in WW II, the Korean War and Vietnam, leads a humble life in the charming Village of Bellerose Manor, Queens.  A descendant of Jamaican, Native American and African heritage, John lives with his Vietnamese wife, Ngoc Thi, and his two sons, Captain Sylburn Van Peterkin, who serves in the U.S. Army Reserves and as a Police Officer for the City of New York, and Captain James Van Peterkin Thach (Ret.) U.S. Army, who was seriously wounded while serving in Iraq, and now supports the Wounded Veteran Initiative helping his fellow veterans.

Only the limited circle of John’s closest friends and family have known of his lifetime of service to our city, state and nation up until now. He now has the opportunity to tell his story given the occasion of being honored at the gala Lincoln Day Dinner on Feb. 9, hosted by the Queens Village Republican Club, of which he is a longtime member. With a stellar line-up of speakers in the elegant setting of the famous Antun’s of Queens Village, the Lincoln Day Dinner is a commemoration of our greatest American president and the father of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln.

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