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Statesboro observes Veterans Day
General's speech spotlights oath to Constitution, mutual support of veterans and community
Veterans Day 2025
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Randall V. Simmons, Jr. honors military service as the keynote speaker during the Veterans Day program at the Averitt Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 11. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)
Retired Maj. Gen. Randall V. Simmons Jr. touched on principles as time-honored as loyalty to the Constitution rather than a president or party and events as current — but not new — as deployment of troops to the border in his keynote remarks Tuesday for the annual Veterans Day program at the Emma Kelly Theater.