Selected Events 2005

Visit of Chargé d'Affaires John Cloud and Mrs. Cloud to Torgau

April 25, 2005.
Chargé d'Affaires John Cloud, U.S. Embassy Berlin, and Mrs. Cloud visited Torgau on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Torgau, the so-called "Elbe-Day". Accompanied by Consul General Fletcher Burton, Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, Captain Farawell and Lt. Commander Rielage, Defense Attaché's Office, they met with the Mayor of Torgau and joined a ceremony at the "Fahnenmonument" on the East Bank of the Elbe where the honor guard ceremonies and wreath-laying took place. They proceeded to the statue on the West Bank of the Elbe to commemorate the meeting between Russian and American troops, and the Chargé delivered a commemorative address. This was followed by laying flowers first at the grave of Joe Polowsky and then at the Russian cemetary.
Speech by the Chargé d'Affaires John Cloud

	Minister-President Georg Milbradt Addresses the Participants of the Elbe-Day Ceremonies: 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Torgau	Chargé d'Affaires John Cloud (front, center), U.S. Veteran Edgar Parsons (right of Cloud), Consul General Fletcher Burton (rear, center) join the Wreath-laying Ceremony at the East Bank of the Elbe	Alexander Silwasko, Russian Veteran (center), Edgar Parsons (rear, center) and Other Veterans During the Wreath-laying Ceremony at the Russian Cemetary

	Alexander Silwasko, Russian Veteran, at the Grave of Joe Polowsky	Honor Guard Ceremony	U.S. Veteran Joe Lipsius (center) and Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Eleanore Fox, Consulate General Leipzig
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