Schedule as of 8/3/18
Wednesday October 23, 2019
6:30 pm
Opening Reception
For Sponsors and Honorees
Residence of the Ambassador of Greece to the US
Thursday October 24, 2019
2:30 pm
Oxi Service Awards
Presentation of the Oxi Day Service Awards and Jaharis Service Award
The National World War II Memorial, 17th Street, NW between Constitution and Independence Avenues
HONOREES:
WWI Veteran: Vasilios S. Haseotes (posthumously)
Introduced by Sister Therese Antone
Accepted by Great-Grandson Harry Murphy
WWII Veteran: Alex G. Spanos (posthumously)
Introduced by Former Congressman Darrell Issa
Accepted by Grandsons Michael Spanos and Phillip Ruhl
Vietnam War Veteran: – Jaharis Service Award: John P. Calamos, Sr.
Introduced by Peggy Sotirhos Nicholson
Jaharis Family Foundation Executive Director
KEYNOTE REMARKS:
Highest-Ranking Greek-American in US armed forces, Lt. General Andrew P. Poppas
6:00 pm
Cocktail Reception Begins
7:00 pm
Oxi Courage Awards Black Tie Gala
US Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Avenue, NW
HONOREES:
Oxi Courage Award (male): Jamal Khashoggi (posthumously)
Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Arabia’s government
Introduced by Senator Bob Menendez
Accepted by Mohamed Soltan, Khashoggi friend and Freedom Initiative Founder
Oxi Courage Award (female): Maria Ressa
One of the world’s most well-regarded journalists and critic of the Philippines’ government
Nominated by her attorney Amal Clooney
Introduced by Danialle Karmanos
Metropolitan Chrysostomos Award: Greek Jews Martyred in Auschwitz Revolt
Recognizing the 75th Anniversary of their resistance
Introduced by Howard M. Lorber,
Holocaust Museum Board Chairman & 2018 Recipient
Accepted by Colonel Jack Jacobs,
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Philotimo Scholarship Award
Presented by The Hon. B. Theodore Bozonelis, Trustee, Nicholas J. & Anna K. Bouras Foundation
Accepted by Lindsey Arruda, High School Senior in Somerset, MA
Friday October 25, 2019
10:30 am
Buses depart Willard Hotel for Arlington National Cemetery
Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
11:15 am
Wreath Laying Ceremony
Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier