CDSGThe Newsletter The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. — Summer 2020 Chairman’s Message CDSG Meeting and Tour Calendar Danny Malone Please advise Terry McGovern of any additions or changes at
[email protected] There is not a lot to discuss in this issue of the newsletter and what there is bad news on the coast defense front. Thanks to the 2020 CDSG Conference political Kabuki dance concerning Covid 19, the restrictions within Rescheduled November 4 - 9, 2020 the state of Louisiana remain in place, and though reduced, are still New Orleans highly restrictive. There are restrictions on the number of people in Quentin Schillare,
[email protected] a group, restaurants, hotels, and other public venues which restrict our ability to have an informative and fun conference this year in 2021 CDSG Conference New Orleans. There is also the strong possibility that restrictions April 21 - 25, 2021 could become more severe with little possibility of their being Charleston/Savannah removed before the conference. For this reason, the CDSG Board Gary Alexander,
[email protected] of Directors has determined it is in the interests of the members to make a decision on canceling this year’s New Orleans’s conference. 2021 CDSG Special Tour A decision, with input from scheduled conference attendees, will May 29 - June 5, & June 5 - 12, 2021 be made Aug 30 on the conference’s fate. Hopefully, the situation Sweden will stabilize by the time of the Charleston Conference. Terry McGovern,
[email protected] * * * * * Preservation Committee Report Other Meetings and Tours Gordon Bliss September 10 - 13, 2020 In the current pandemic environment, many activities are cur- Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Festungforshung Annual Meeting tailed and access to sites is restricted but some activity is still hap- Kufstein, Austria pening.