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ROTC officer to speak at Memorial Day event
Annual observance at Averitt Center to honor fallen troops
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In this file photo from the 2012 Memorial Day observance at the Averitt Center, Capt. William Anderson (U.S. Navy ret.) salutes the fallen after his keynote address.
The public is invited to a Memorial Day community observance Monday at the Emma Kelly Theater in Statesboro’s Averitt Center for the Arts.The program begins at 10:30 a.m. with entertainment by Bill Cohen of First Baptist Church, said Dan Foglio, master of ceremonies, event organizer and past commander of the Dexter Allen American Legion Post 90, which hosts the event.Following presentations by state Sen. Jack Hill, R-Reidsville; Daughters of the American Revolution Regent Jan Anderson; Judge William Josiah Neville; and others, guests will hear from the keynote speaker, Lt. Col. William Roberts, the scholarship and enrollment officer for the Eagle Battalion, Georgia Southern University’s ROTC unit.Other features of the event include intonement of names of veterans from Bulloch County who lost their lives in past wars, a presentation by Statesboro City Councilman Phil Boyum and a poem written by a Georgia Southern University student specifically for the occasion, Foglio said.Statesboro Municipal Judge W. Keith Barber will also read a poem, and others will participate in patriotic recitations and music.The event is sponsored by the Averitt Center for the Arts, Joiner Anderson Funeral Home, and Mysite.com web design.Holli Deal Bragg may be reached at (912) 489-9414.
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