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| Four Seasons Hemet Herald | MARCH 2022 | 29 If you are a Mason and are interested in getting together with other Masons, please contact Don Krampe (951) 926-9005. Interest Group: Masons Any Interest in a Four Seasons Camera Club? There has been some discussion about starting a camera club here at Four Seasons. Right now we're trying to determine whether there is enough interest to move forward with the idea, as we need seven people to start a club. Nothing is cast in stone, but we've been toying with the idea of two meetings a month - one for presentations, photo critiques, mini-classes and the like and one for field trips to likely locations, events, and/or galleries. Designed for newbies and old hands alike. If interested, please contact Sheryl Cooley at cooleybates@sbcglobal.net or via phone at 402-418-8268. Interest Group: Camera Club Bid Whist Plus Social Club We meet the first Friday of every month from 2 to 5:30 pm in The Lodge Game Room and share potluck eateries. For the next few months, we are ramping up a Music Dance Party to celebrate our nation's Juneteenth holiday. Volunteers needed to make the event happen. Contact Donny Brown, (619) 395-7494, if you want to give us a helping hand. Details of this event is forthcoming. One of our own distinguished Club Members is sharing his perspective on the Juneteenth holiday. He was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame, for being a leader, warfighter, trailblazer and former Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, the highest-ranking Black Naval officer of his time, Vice Admiral Edward Moore, Jr USN (Ret). Juneteenth Holiday: Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and in some areas a month marked with celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings. It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time for assessment, self- improvement and for planning the future. Its growing popularity signifies a level of maturity and dignity in America. In cities across the country, people of all races, nationalities and religions are joining hands to truthfully acknowledge a period in our history that shaped and continues to influence our society today. Sensitized to the conditions and experiences of others, only then can we make significant and lasting improvements in our society. Let's make Juneteenth a commemorative, not of the horrific institution our country embraced, but rather as a showcase of the strength in the American spirit to recognize wrong and set about making it right. In this same spirit America moves ahead today in leveling playing fields and achieving ever greater equality. This June, let us celebrate all that Juneteenth teaches us about our country's greatness in our use of the heart to hear and to learn and to work together for all that is good and just. Fun & Games