- Date
- 2011-05-14
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- militarycommunitytransportationcelebration
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 2011 Beacon reports that more than 100 people welcomed Brett Maudrie at Welke Airport on May 14 after his return from active service in Afghanistan. Weather delays forced a late Island Airways pickup from Cadillac.
Evidence limits
This is a local newspaper account of the welcome, not a military service record or complete deployment history.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- The library announced an early closure on May 14 so staff could attend Brett Maudrie's welcome home. This operational notice corroborates the public event logistics; it does not independently establish attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003430
- Family updates invited the community to welcome Maudrie at Welke Airport, documented weather and routing delays, and later described Island Airways flying from Cadillac to bring him home. The family account reports more than 100 people at the late-night welcome; the Beacon remains the stronger held source for the final event report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003418
- The Chamber linked a Charlevoix Courier story about the planned welcome and said Island Airways provided a no-charge flight home. This is a Chamber pointer and first-party airline claim, not the newspaper article itself or a financial record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003420
- The forum says Brett Maudrie received a community-produced copy of the book, with another copy given to Grant West and one placed at the Library. This documents the commemorative project, not the complete publication or rights status of the book.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003145
- Family/community notices first projected a May 13 arrival and then updated it to Saturday, May 14 on the 4:30 flight. This documents evolving public logistics and the intended welcome, not an arrival record or the final itinerary.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003385
- Beaver Beacon, June 2011, "Brett Comes Home."Reports that weather delays stranded Maudrie in Chicago, Island Airways picked him up in Cadillac at 10 p.m., and more than 100 people gathered at Welke Airport to welcome him. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the welcome-home report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island welcomes Brett Maudrie home from Afghanistan service”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-brett-maudrie-welcome-home-2011/, accessed [date], citing Phyllis Moore, "Notice to Library Patrons," Beaver Island Forum, May 13, 2011. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).
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