Local residents celebrated Veterans Day with a patriotic downtown parade Saturday, and programs will continue this week in Athens, Ardmore and at Calhoun Community College.

Also, the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives staff reminds residents to purchase a flag to honor or memorialize a veteran. The flags will be flown along U.S. 31 on patriotic holidays including Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, POW-MIA Day and Veterans Day. A plaque with names of those honored will be on display in the museum on Pryor Street.

To participate, call Teresa Smith at (256) 771-5697 or Museum Director Sandy Thompson at 771-7578.

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Calhoun’s celebration to honor United States veterans will be Tuesday with programs at the college’s Limestone County and Decatur campuses.

Retired Maj. Cleo C. Hogan Jr. will speak at 10 a.m. in the grand foyer of the Huntsville campus, and again at 2 p.m. in the Chasteen Student Center on the Limestone campus.

As a member of the 101st Airborne Division, Hogan earned two Silver Stars for Valor, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for Valor. An Army Ranger, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and numerous other decorations and awards.

In addition to Hogan’s presentations, the programs will feature New Century High School’s and Austin High School’s Junior ROTC, the Calhoun Chorale, and a special recognition of Calhoun’s own veteran employees.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Andrienne Dabney at (256) 306-2775.

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