Selected Events 2005

The Art of Cutting the Cake

July 1, 2005.
By cutting the traditional cake Consul General Matthew M. Rooney starts off the Fourth of July celebration at the U.S. Consulate General Munich. Some 1,000 guests from politics, business, religious communities and the cultural scene attended the event. The Bavarian State was represented by Bavarian State Minister for Justice Dr. Beate Merk. Consul General Rooney challenged the guests with a quiz on U.S. presidential quotes as an essential part of his speech. In their remarks both Consul General Rooney and State Minister Dr. Merk emphasized peace and freedom as cornerstones of democracy in Western countries.

	Bavarian State Minister Dr. Beate Merk is being greeted by Consul General Rooney.	TV moderator Fritz Egner with Consul General Rooney and Mrs. Dianna Rooney.	Charlotte Knobloch, Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and honorary citizen of the city of Munich, with Consul General Rooney and Mrs. Dianna Rooney.

	Quizzed by the quiz.	Consul General Matthew M. Rooney giving his Fourth of July speech.	Former Bavarian State Minister for European Affairs Reinhold Bocklet (second from left) finds the right answers to the quiz.
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