The following photos were taken at the welcoming reception on Thursday evening at the Lincoln Memorial. The crowds were huge so it was difficult to get close enough to take quality photos but the entertainment was excellent and President Elect Trump and his family did appear for the evening. There was such excitement in the air as everyone was there to celebrate this historic inauguration. Nancy
From the left: Mary Lou Drake and Nancy Clark
Women for Trump !
World War II Memorial and the Washington Monument at night
The following photos were taken at the Christmas Party hosted by Conservative Women’s Forum and ICON Lectures on Saturday, December 17 in Chapel HiIl, North Carolina. We were ready to celebrate Donald Trump’s win in the November election and our “special” guest was “The Donald” himself. Hope you enjoy the photos.
From the left: Meg Gresham, ICON board member, Jim Duncan, ICON Advisory Board member and Lee Green
From the left: Lee Anne McClymont, Nancy Clark, ICON board member, Madonna Whelan and Evelyn Kober Poole
From the left: Ed and Diane Block, Milada Williamson, Dee Park and Joe Williamson
From the left: Judy Bursiek, Challis Wright and Sylvia Atkins
From the left: Marlene Waller, Larry Beckler and Dr. Laura Gutman, ICON board member
From the left: Lynn Gschwind, and Jim and Gladys Kofalt
From the left: Karim Nemitz, Donald Trump, Nancy Clark, and Leo Nemitz
From the left: Gene, Barbara D’Zan and Bob Shearer
Elizabeth Fisher and Dick Blake
From the left: Jeanie Blake and Morrie Ross
Milada and Joe Williamson with “The Donald”
From the left: Bob Shearer and Bob Drake with our future president
Betty Ann Guidry, ICON board treasurer
Mary Lou and Bob Drake giving the thumbs up
Dr. Brenda Hunter and her husband, Don Hunter and their granddaughter
Cathy and John Wright with “The Donald”
From the left: Dave Bursiek, Bill Harris and Evelyn Kober Poole
Nancy Clark, Terry Kane and Karen Kolias
From the left: Jane Hogan, ICON Advisory Board member, Meg Gresham, ICON Board, Betty Ann Guidry, ICON Board Treasurer and Guy Guidry
From the left: Cass Swon, Morrie Ross and Judy Bursiek
Terry Wiegers (center) with Brenda and Don Hunter and their grandchildren
From the left: Dr. Steve Bishop, Mark Cares (holding his homemade beer) and Bill McClymont
Austin Hunter and Olivia giving the thumbs up to “The Donald”
Noelle and Dane Randall with our very popular special guest
From the left: Lee Green, Barbara D’Zan, Jane Hogan and Joe Taylor
From the left: Judi Anderson, Jeanie Blake and Paul Olsen
Nancy Clark, Terry Kane, Gus Kolias and Jerry Gschwind
From the left: David Lister, Howard Margolis, Gadi Adelman and Dee Sams ( Gadi and Dee recently announced their engagement and are also co-hosts of the radio show, “America Akbar”. Dee is known as the “Crimson Queen” !!!
From the Left: Karen Kolias, Lynn Gschwind, Beverly Inchalik, Dr. Ralph Heniz, Guy Guidry, and Bob Shearer in the back
Nancy Clark, Gadi Adelman, Karin Nemetz and Larry Beckler
From the left: Cathy Wright, Judy Bursiek, Dr. John Wright and Dave Bursiek
MJ Hall, Morrie Ross and Colonel Jay Stobbs, US Army Ranger (ret)
Sue Googe and Jerry Gschwind
From the left: Sylvia Atkins and Cass Swon
Mark Cares and “The Donald”
Ruth and Steve BIshop and our special guest
Kimberly (ICON board member) and her husband Ed Sanchez
From the left: Karin Nemetz, Andrea Rock, ICON board member, Meg Gresham, ICON board member, Mary Lou Drake and Elizabeth Fisher
Dee Sams and Mark Cares
MJ and Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret)
Marlene and Larry Beckler
Dee Sams and Gadi Adelman
Cindy Chuey and Fred Cooke
Nancy with her “This wine is making me awesome” apron !!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !
Diana West, author of “Death of the Grownup” and “American Betrayal” was the guest speaker at ICON’s event on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Political Correctness was the subject of her talk – What It Is, Where It Comes From and Why It Matters. Diana referred to her research for her book, “American Betrayal” which documented how Communists infiltrated our government during the Roosevelt administration of the 1940’s. Her further research has turned up evidence that the Marxists were actually actively working in this country as early as 1905. During the 1930’s a group of Marxist professors from the Frankfurt School in Germany came to America and established themselves first at Columbia University and then methodically started to spread their Cultural Marxism ideology within our university system. By using “Political Correctness”, they were able to silence those who opposed the stealth attack on our traditional core values which was designed to weaken our society from within.
Through a news article about Diana’s talk, a coalition of Far Left groups organized a protest of Diana West and made charges of “hate speech” . When the Far Left feels threatened by the facts, they call it “hate speech”. The protest ended quietly but photos of some of their protest signs are at the end of the photos from the lecture. There is also a photo of our friend, Lee Green, holding up her sign as a counter protest to support free speech.
A video of Diana’s talk will be posted on our website – www.iconlectureseries.com in the next week so you will be able to listen to Diana’s West’s fascinating presentation. You will not hear this subject matter being discussed anywhere else in the media !
This was our last event of 2016 but 2017 is going to be an exciting year with our first speaker being Mike Adams, PHD, speaking on March 7, 2017, on “How U.S. Campuses Incubate and Enforce Cultural Marxism by using safe spaces and speech codes.
ICON’S lectures for the rest of 2017 are April 25 – “Slow Death: Assessing America’s War on Terrorism”. May 23 – “Impact of Mass Migration into the U.S.” Sept 12 – “The Real Story on Climate Change” and October 17 “The Growing National Threat from Iran”
Season tickets for 2017 are now available online at www.iconlectureseries.com along with a description of our five speakers that are already booked for 2017 !
Hope you enjoy the following photos that were taken at the event. Nancy
Diana West, Guest Speaker
Gladys Kofalt and Jim Duncan
From the left: Sandy Bazley, Ken Johnson, Karen Kolias, Ginny and Jerry Cole, Gus Kolias and Jim Kofalt
Ginny and Jerry Cole
From the left: Nancy Clark, Jim Ball, Wendy Ball and Gladys Kofalt
From the left: Andrea Rock, Dr. Rosemary Stein, Hannah Stein and PJ Gentry
From the left: Mary McKinney, Caroline Bishop, Karen Macomson, Andrea Rock and Kimberly Rosario Sanchez
From the left: Susan Berkowitz, Fran Mammolito and Margaret Fox
From the left: Kimberly Rosario Sanchez, Meg Gresham, Dana Postiglioni, Andrea Rock and Nancy Clark
From the left: Terry Wiegers, Bonnie O’Neill and Eduardo Sanchez
From the left: Marlene Waller and Mary Lopez Carter, Republican candidate for the North Carolina State Senate
Dave Carter and son, Chris
From the left: Chris Lee, Dr. Leon Coleman and Jeff Miller
Diana West answering questions after her presentation
From the left: Sean Moser and Jim Duncan
From the left: Bob Drake, Paul Olsen, Mary and Ben Proctor
From the left: Mary Lou Drake and Laura Cox
Michaela and Paul Tomas
From the left: Dr. Laura Gutman and Diana West
A fun get together after the lecture
Lee Green, a counter protest in support of Free Speech
FAR LEFT PROTESTORS
Protestors who requested that their faces not be shown
ICON Lectures partnered with Civitas Institute to present Stephen Moore as our guest speaker on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Stephen Moore is the Chief Economist for the Heritage Foundation , a former editor of the Wall Street Journal and is an economic adviser to the Donald Trump campaign. His presentation was on our nation’s economy and as you scroll down through the photos from the event, you will see a few of the slides on our economy that he spoke about.
ICON’s next lecture on October 18, 2016, will present as our guest speaker, Diana West, author of “The Death of the Grownup” and “American Betrayal” . Diana will be speaking on Cultural Marxism and the Frankfurt School and how this ideology created “political correctness”.
Gadi Adelman, a counter-terrorism expert, gave an in-depth presentation on Understanding Islam in Zebulon, North Carolina, on Tuesday, August 9, 2016.
The photos below were taken from the slide presentation that Gadi presented that gave us excellent information on the history of Islam. Direct quotes were taken from the Quran and writings of prominent Islamic scholars. It was a chilling presentation as there is no denying we are facing a historically determined enemy that we desperately need to understand. As the first slide says – “Why They Hate Us” is a question the West is always asking. Gadi’s presentation told us why !
[caption id="attachment_17767" align="alignnone" width="427"] Why our marines are called “Leathernecks” – This is a photo of the leather collar that marines wore during the Barbary Coast Wars with the Muslim pirates to protect their heads from being cut off !
Muslim Brotherhood’s motto – the arabic writing underneath the 2 swords and the Koran means “make ready”
The Muslim Student Association – MSA was founded by the Muslim Brotherhood in 1961 – 1962
[caption id="attachment_17771" align="alignnone" width="448"] The “Grand Jihad” plan for America
Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 An excellent book – The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 8 weeks on the NY Times bestsellers list en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Looming_Tower%5B/caption%5D
[caption id="attachment_17773" align="alignnone" width="423"] “Jihadi Field Manual” of the Muslim Brotherhood
[caption id="attachment_17777" align="alignnone" width="394"] In Islam, the world is divided into 2 parts. Dar al-Islam – The house of Islam and the Dar al-harb – The House of War Guess which part of the world we live in ?
[caption id="attachment_17779" align="alignnone" width="435"] A message to Obama in 2008 as he “takes over the presidency of America” from Ayman al-Zawahiri who was the second in command of Al-Qaeda
Lying in the name of Islam – “not just permitted, but divinely commanded”
Taqiyya – Deceit to benefit Islam
1979 Iran – The beginning of the rise
The Quran and Allah command Muslims to terrorize their enemies – In Islam, terrorize has a positive meaning because to terrorize implies obedience to Allah and bravery (their badge of honor)
“Combating against terrorism is the combating against Islam – and they are only covering up the facts from the ignorant ones”
“we are not afraid of them, but rather they are afraid of us, as they should be”
As for the Muslim refugees that are flooding into the West, this bowl of m&m’s has only one poisonous m&m. Go ahead, help yourself to a handful of m&m’s !
[caption id="attachment_17661" align="alignnone" width="448"] Laura Ingraham ********** www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNhDVcvrsg (She definitely brought down the house with this one ! )
The Republican convention officially began on Monday, July 18, 2016, and the speakers were fantastic. I’ve included links to each of the speeches as they were all so incredibly powerful and informative. Be sure to scroll down to see the “Special Surprise” !! Nancy
Amber Smith is the author of Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan, published by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster and will be released September 6, 2016. Smith served in the United States Army as an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilot-in-command and air mission commander in the 101st Airborne Division. She is a combat veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
North Carolina Representative Patricia Hurley with Amber Smith
Our state troopers, police, Homeland Security and secret service were all very helpful while making sure all went very smoothly
I wouldn’t mess with this Secret Service guy if I were you !
Linda and Matt Arnold
Convention floor before the session begins
Linda Arnold and Sue Googe, Republican candidate, Congressional NC District 4
Wow, wow and wow ! The city of Cleveland, Ohio, threw out the red carpet for the Republican convention. Beautiful downtown buildings were lit up with red, white and blue colors and fireworks exploded in the sky after a reception on the first night at the harbor where the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located.
Before the reception, the newly released Dinesh D’Souza movie, Hillary’s America, The Secret History of the Democratic Party, was shown at the absolutely beautiful Connor Palace Theatre. There were throngs of people filling the theater and the following photos were taken at the movie and later at the fireworks celebration.
ICON and Conservative Women’s Forum joined together to host a Midsummer’s Eve Garden Party on June 21, 2016 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Our special guests were Judge Richard Dietz and his wife Kelley. Judge Dietz is the incumbent Republican judge for the NC Court of Appeals in this November’s election.
ICON’s next free summer movie will be 13 Hours, The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, that will be shown on Tuesday, August 2 at Extraordinary Ventures, 200 South Elliiott Road, Chapel Hill at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Stephen Moore, the well known economist with the Heritage Foundation, will be speaking on the Fed and The True Economy.
As you can see from the photos from the party, when conservatives get together, we have a lot of fun ! Come join us !!! Nancy
From the left: Lee Green, Judge Richard Dietz, incumbent judge, NC Court of Appeals, and Dr. Laura Gutman
From the left: PJ Gentry and Cathy Wright
From the left: Nancy Clark, Don Hunter and Dr. Brenda Hunter
From the left: Dee Park, Betty Ann Guidry, M.J. Hall, and Bro Park
From the left: Shelley Dietz, wife of Judge Dietz, Dave and Mary Carter
Cynthia West and Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret), candidate for Chatham County Commissioner
Betsy and Jim Duncan
From the left: Andrea Rock, M.J. Hall, Lee Green, and Meg Gresham
From the left: Cathy Wright, Sandy Bazley, Ruth Bishop, Dr. John Wright, Betsy Riggan, Gladys Kofalt,
Wendy Ball, Nancy Clark, Jamie Skinner and in front, Cynthia West and Lee Green
Gladys Kofalt and John Dodd of the Jesse Helms Center
From the left: Fran Handmaker, Rosemarie Wenzel and Kitty Felten
From the left: Betty Ann Guidry, John Dodd, Jim Duncan, Cynthia West, Sandy Bazley, and Wendy Ball
From the left: Mary Lou Drake, Ruth Bishop and Sandy Bazley
From the left: Linda Devore, Dave Carter, Gadi Adelman, Mary Carter, Betsy Duncan and Nancy Clark
From the left: Gadi Adelman, Dick Blake, Dee Sams, Steve Clipp and Patrick Williams
From the left: Tom Glenndinning, Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret), and Jay Baker
From the left: Don Wenzel and Bob Shearer
From the left: Mary Ann Baker and Diane Block
Ken Thigpen
Enjoying the garden
From the left: Bob Drake, Betsy Riggan and M.J. Hall
From the left: Mary Lou Drake, Kimberly Sanchez, Steve Clipp, Bill Harris and Colonel Jay Stobbs (ret)
From the left: Kitty Felten, Patrick Williams and Rosemarie Wenzel
From the left: Dee Sams, Jeanie and Dick Blake and Gadi Adelman
From the left: Elizabeth Fisher and Brenda Dowling
From the left: Linda Devore of Fayetteville, NC and Jeanie Blake
From the left: Betsy Riggan, Ruth Bishop, and Jamie Skinner
From the left: Dr. John Wright and Jay Baker
From the left: Bob Shearer, Linda Devore, Betsy and Jim Duncan, Mary Lou and Bob Drake, Janie Wagstaff and Mary and Dave Carter
James Simpson, a nationally known economist and an investigative journalist was the guest speaker at the ICON Lecture on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mr. Simpson is an expert on immigration and the refugee program that is being presently debated in this country. His talk. entitled , “The Refugee Resettlement Migration Crisis” provided crucial information on this important subject that is causing great controversy as to the advisability of bringing in refugees from the Middle East and other areas that are presently in turmoil. Mr. Simpson is the author of “The Red-Green Axis: Refugees, Immigration, and the Agenda to Erase America”.
ICON’s next lecture, “The EMP Threat” will be presented on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in Chapel Hill. Mr. James Jay Carafano, PhD, a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, is the Heritage Foundation’s Vice President and in 2012 assumed responsibility for Heritage’s entire defense and foreign policy team. For tickets and more details, please go to www.iconlectureseries.com
The following photos were taken at the James Simpson lecture. Nancy
James Simpson, ICON guest speaker
Ann Bowman, Chapter Leader, ACT for America, James Simpson, and Keith Davis, ACT for America Chapter Leader, Fayetteville, NC
From the left, seated, Jane Hogan, Jenise Guidry, and standing, Kimberly Sanchez, Betty Ann Guidry and Andrea Rock and P.J. Gentry, Person County GOP Chair
B.J. and Barry Vogel
From the left: Hannah Stein, Dr. Rosemary Stein, P.J. Gentry and standing, Marlene Waller
ACT for America Chapter Leaders: From the left: Fay Haggard, Highpoint, NC, Tina Forsberg, Greensberg, Cheri Pickett, Greensboro, Carolyn Parker-Ballou, Southpoint, Nancy Clark, ICON board member, Leigh Sudbrink, Greensboro, and back row – Dee Davis, Fayetteville and Robert Goodwill, High Point, NC
From the left: Susan Berkowitz, Marty Berkowitz, Mike Ross, Vickie Jernigan, Joe Jernigan, Michael LaPaglia, candidate for NC Secretary of State, and Mike Abramson
From the left: Buckey Waters, Janie Wagstaff, President, ICON Lecture Series, and Mike Waters
From the left: Tony Bruno, Mary McKinney, Joel Freelander, and Jack McCallus
From the left: Karen Kolias and Gladys Kofalt
From the left: Tracy Marillo and Rosemarie Wenzel
Susan Myrick, Civitas, and James Simpson
Meg Gresham, ICON board member and Jeff Miller
From the left: Tina Forsberg and Mary Carter
AFTER THE LECTURE AT THE SILVERSPOT IN CHAPEL HILL
Ann Bowman, ACT for America Chapter Leader and James Simpson
from the left: Dr. Laura Gutman, ICON board member and Carolyn and Bob Ballou
