AUGUSTA, Ga. — Downtown Augusta, Ga., will fill with flags Wednesday morning when the city annual Veterans Day parade steps off at 10 a.m. from the area of 13th and Greene streets, close to Sacred Heart Cultural Center.
Marchers will head east along Broad Street and end at Fourth Street, where the All Wars Monument stands on Broad. That stretch runs through Olde Town and the historic commercial district, the part of the city laid out along the Savannah River.
From 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., the monument hosts a program that the Military Order of the World Wars organizes, featuring honors, music and speakers. Mayor Garnett Johnson, who leads the consolidated Augusta-Richmond County government, is among the scheduled speakers.
Later, at 2 p.m., Augusta University gathers in Washington Hall, Room 212, on its Summerville Campus at 2500 Walton Way. The AU Wind Ensemble plays, several speakers follow and a reception closes the afternoon.
Columbia County plans speakers, a wreath-laying and a living photo tribute at its veterans memorial wall in Evans Towne Center, which sits behind the main county library at 7022 Evans Towne Center Blvd. The Columbia County Fair, 5462 Columbia Road, will charge active-duty troops and veterans $2.50 at the gate that day with valid ID.
Across the river in South Carolina, American Legion Post 71 leads an 11 a.m. ceremony in North Augusta, at the Wade Hampton memorial park, 302 Georgia Ave. Aiken also begins its service at 11 a.m. in the county veterans park on Richland Avenue East, and the Aiken Symphony closes the day with a 7:30 p.m. patriotic salute.
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