"Fort Hawkins Veterans Day Open House" - Sunday, November 7, 2010 - 1:00 pm-5:00 pm - Emery Highway - Macon, GA - Free Admission
Tour the three story Blockhouse Replica and archaeological dig site as part of the Fort Hawkins Bicentennial Celebration and its salute to veterans at the very place where some of the first U.S. Army Veterans served here in Middle Georgia. The Friends of Fort Hawkins will also be conducting its regular site cleanup as part of the "Adopt-A-Spot" program and the public is always invited to join the cleanup and the Friends group. For more information click www.forthawkins.com or call 478-742-3003.
"Fort Hawkins 5th Annual Veterans Day Salute" - Thursday, Veterans Day, November 11, 2010 - 4:00 pm - Emery Highway - Macon, GA - Free Admission
The Fort Hawkins Commission and the Nathaniel Macon Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution" sponsor this annual salute in an official U.S. Flag Retirement Ceremony with fifteen patriotic and veteran's groups participating including the Northeast High School JROTC Honor Guard and Cadets. This brief but moving ceremony connects the early American military heritage of Fort Hawkins with all our nation's
distinguished veterans at the very place the first veterans served in Middle Georgia two hundred years ago. |