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CPN Family Meeting in Murfreesburo, Tennessee, April 12, 2013

About 60 of us gathered together on a lovely April Saturday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee to share our interest in the Nation and its heritage and future, meet our Potawatomi neighbors, and eat lunch and swap information. The meeting had a family reunion flavor and was great fun. Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Missouri and Virginia all were represented. Henry Byler (Byler family) of Knoxville was recognized as our wisest attendee, Alanna K. (Lewis family) of Nashville as our youngest enrolled Potawatomi, and Linda Smith (Melott family) of Hatchechubbee, Alabama travelled the farthest to be with us. Legislators Roy Slavin (Dist. #1 (Northeast and Midwest)) and Bob Whistler (Dist. #2, Texas), attended with their spouses and provided their perspectives throughout the meeting discussion (and helped with the organization of the space and the cleanup).

Diana Bell (Young family) helped me out tremendously by finding the meeting site, engaging the caterer, and serving as our Murfreesboro "hostess-with-the mostest" -- Diana worked very hard readying and serving the food and cleaning up with my sweet husband Alan Cohen helping her out, for which I am very grateful. I hope you can join in on a future District #2 meeting. Diana walked on in 2013 and I feel honored to have known her. The photos here were taken by my husband Alan.