Austin Republican Women

Austin Republican Women (ARW) is a group of Austin-area women keen on political awareness and education, community involvement, and advancing Republican causes and ideals in the governance of our great State of Texas.

We work together to elect Republican candidates who seek local, state and national public offices. To that end, we maintain a robust calendar of events and program activities designed to inform, educate, involve and enthuse our members and guests.

We invite you to find out more ABOUT ARW and then come join us. Either register to attend an upcoming event OR just go ahead and become an ARW member – JOIN NOW.

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Join us for our annual Tribute to Veterans!

Each year, ARW hosts a special luncheon. It is our Tribute to Veterans luncheon, an event we set aside to honor our military veterans and recognize their service and sacrifices. It is also when ARW members can invite a veteran as an honored guest of ARW!

Speaker: U.S. Marshall Susan Pamerleau (Major General USAF Ret.)

Thursday, November 11, 2021
11:15 am -1:00 pm
(Check in at 11:15, program begins at 11:45 )

The Hills Country Club
26 Club Estates Parkway
Austin, TX 78738
The Hills’ gate entrance is off Lohman’s Crossing

No charge for veterans. Please provide branch of service

SUSAN LEWELLYN PAMERLEAU serves as the 33rd United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas.  She was confirmed by the United States Senate August 28, 2018 and sworn in September 17, 2018.  Marshal Pamerleau leads the second largest district in the US Marshals Service, both in geography and staffing, covering 93,000 square miles and sixty-eight counties in West Texas.  Her responsibilities encompass leading and directing operations, including security and protection of the United States Courts, criminal investigations, fugitive apprehension, execution of federal court orders and other law enforcement activities.

She served as the 38th Sheriff of Bexar County from January 2013 – December 2016, leading the eleventh largest Sheriff’s Office and the sixteenth largest jail in the nation.  As Sheriff, led organization of almost 2,000 sworn and civilian personnel, overseeing an operational budget of almost $200 million and capital programs of over $80 million, which will provide much needed facilities and technology improvements.  Secured approval and funding for two first-ever permanent substations for patrol and property crimes.   

Prior to her entry into politics, Pamerleau served at USAA for almost seven years, retiring as a Senior Vice President in 2007.

Also, served 32 years in the United States Air Force, retiring in the grade of Major General.  During her Air Force career, served in the Pentagon, on the international Military Staff for NATO in Brussels, and commanded the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC).

$34 online

$32 at door

RSVP by Thursday, November 4

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PLEASE NOTE: Staffing and food service deliveries remain challenging for all venues. We ABSOLUTELY MUST RECEIVE all reservations NO LATER THAN NOON on Thursday, November 4. NO EXCEPTIONS. We appreciate your cooperation by making timely reservations. ARW and The Hills Thank you.

If you need accommodation for a dietary restriction, it must be made with your reservation.

Austin Republican Women (ARW) has announced a new initiative for 2021-22 to KEEP TEXAS RED. If we are to preserve and defend our values and beliefs against those who threaten them, the time for action is now. Make no mistake, we are in yet another fight for Texas.

ARW’s 2021-22 KEEP TEXAS RED initiative is both a battle cry and a call to arms. Like famous battle cries of the mid-1830s when Texians fought and died to defend this land, KEEP TEXAS RED is a rallying cry for our time. To those who threaten to turn Texas blue, we say: No way, “Come and take it.”

Today, the battlegrounds are our cities, schools, courts and state Houses. Social media, cell phones and fake news have replaced the cannons and rifles of yesteryear. Our swords are now our elected officials; our weapons are now dollars. Isn’t it time to help ARW arm the arsenal with your donation?

If you answer yes, to defending Republican values and beliefs, please make a donation to ARW’s 2021-22 KEEP TEXAS RED initiative. There are four donation categories from which to choose, each one named after an historic battle cry that spurred Texians to victory in their fight for Texas. With your financial support, ARW can continue that good fight today for the future of our Great State. Let’s KEEP TEXAS RED

– Donation Categories –

$100 – “Remember the Alamo”.
A battle cry used by Texians on April 21, 1836 at the Battle of San Jacinto when a siesta-taking Mexican army was surprisingly descended upon on the banks of the San Jacinto River near present-day Houston. After only 18 minutes, an overwhelmingly outnumbered Texas militia had defeated the Mexican Army, its Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna soon captured, and the Republic of Texas was born.
$250 – “Come and Take It”
Considered the first notable battle of the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Gonzales skirmish with Mexican troops occurred on October 2, 1835 when colonists refused to return a small, six-pound, Spanish cannon given to them for protection from Indian attack. The Texians rolled out the cannon under a flag that read “Come and Take It.” The Mexicans retreated. The Texas Revolution began.
$500 – “Never Surrender or Retreat”
On February 24, 1836, besieged by the Mexican Army, Commander William B. Travis penned his famous Victory or Death letter to the “people of Texas and all Americans in the world” to come to the aid of his Alamo Mission garrison. “I will never surrender or retreat,” he wrote. Unfortunately, no reinforcements came and on the 13th day of the siege, the Alamo fell.
Other (amount of your choice) – “Remember Goliad!”
One event of the Texas Revolution that ignited fury and garnered support from the people of Texas, the U.S., Great Britain and France was the Goliad Massacre of March 27, 1836 that followed the Battle of Coleto Creek. “Remember Goliad” and “Remember the Alamo” were cried out by Texians during the Battle of San Jacinto. “Remember Goliad” was acknowledgement of and contempt for the cruelty of Gen. Santa Anna when he ordered the execution of Col. James Fannin and some 342 unarmed prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas, and then had their bodies burned.

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Contributions to Austin Republican Women are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income taxes purposes. Corporate contributions are not permitted.

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