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Baltimore 2000!
The 90th Biennial AOH-LAOH National Convention
The AOH and LAOH Maryland State Boards are pleased to be hosting the 90th biennial National Convention of the Orders during the week of Sunday, July 2, 2000, in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Here's what Baltimore has to offer you:
GETTING HERE:  Baltimore offers unparalleled ease AND ECONOMY in travel access. I-95 offers a quick drive to Baltimore from anywhere on the East Coast, and we will look for reasonable parking arrangements. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor serves Baltimore with Metroliner and regular trains. BWI Airport is 12 minutes from downtown. Furthermore, BWI airfares are some of the best bargains around, thanks to a Southwest Airlines hub and US Airways' recent introduction of its competing MetroJet service. Travel to and from the host city is likely to be a major part, if not the biggest part, of your Convention budget. When you check the overall cost to attend the Convention, Baltimore is clearly the winner.
HOTEL ROOMS: Given the ease of access to Baltimore, we believe that the Convention will be heavily attended, and we're ready for all of you. Our bid features the Omni Inner Harbor Hotel as the main Convention venue. The Omni has reserved a block of 600 rooms for Convention Delegates and guests. For back-up purposes, we have arranged for 300 additional rooms at the Baltimore Hilton and Towers (formerly known as the Lord Baltimore), conveniently located next door to the Omni. The lobbies of the two hotels are connected by a private pedestrian walkway. Both the Omni and the Hilton have done considerable refurbishing to maintain the excellence of their facilities. A number of restaurants are available in the two hotels, including the Omni's new Shula's Steak House, run by legendary Miami Dolphins (and Baltimore Colts) head coach Don Shula.
MEETING SPACES: AOH business sessions will be held in the Omni's Liberty Ballroom, and LAOH business sessions will be held in the Hilton's Calvert Ballroom. This will permit us to keep the Omni's main International Ballroom reserved exclusively for the evening banquets. Remember past Conventions, when the AOH and/or LAOH business sessions had to break up early so that the ballroom could be set up for that evening's banquet? That won't happen here.
OPENING MASS: The site of the opening Convention Mass will be the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the first Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States, and the mother church of American Catholicism. His Eminence William Cardinal Keeler will be the principal celebrant of the opening Mass.
EXPERIENCE: Maryland's hospitality has been well known to those in the AOH and LAOH who attended the three National President's Dinners held here. Also, Sally Murphy and Rita McDonough, both LAOH Past National Presidents, co-chaired the LAOH Centennial in 1994. You can count on us to run a first-class event at the National level, and we will do so in 2000.
ACTIVITIES: Baltimore's world-famous Inner Harbor features a number of new theme restaurants, including the first ESPN SportsZone, the Hard Rock Café, and Planet Hollywood, plus Harborplace and the Gallery for shopping, the National Aquarium, Oriole Park and the new NFL stadium at Camden Yards, and many other family attractions. We plan to offer side trips to Annapolis, the Irish Brigade Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, and the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Washington, D.C. is an hour to the south by car or Amtrak. The Maryland organizing committee will ensure that the 2000 National Convention will be a week to remember.
VARIETY: Baltimore last hosted a National Convention in 1935, so we will have had 65 years to get ready for all of you. We know that many of you use your own precious and hard-earned vacation time to attend the National Convention. Why not use that time for something different, rather than some place you just visited a few years back? In this respect, Baltimore isn't the same old same old.
We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore at the National Convention in July 2000!
If you have any questions, please send E-mail to the Maryland State Board.