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City welcomes military home
Community honors local soldiers downtown
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Above, Evan Avret, 4, gets a boost from dad Chad as the City of Statesboro and the community welcome home and honor the Georgia National Guard 48th Brigade Special Troops Battalion and other soldiers from local military units downtown Friday.
A downtown bank sign listed the temperature as being 108 degrees Friday afternoon, but a crowd of area citizens braved the sweltering humidity to welcome soldiers from local military units home. Waving small flags, people of all ages and descriptions waited for the troops to come marching up Oak Street to the center of town, where the City of Statesboro held a "welcome home" celebration centered around the old Jaeckel Hotel ­- aka Statesboro City Hall. Children enjoyed the inflatable, military-themed camouflage attraction, bouncing around and climbing through the tunnels.
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