EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Troy University will hold a Salute to the Armed Forces ceremony at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 14, adjacent to the Trojan Fountain, Bibb Graves Quad on the Troy Campus. The ceremony will include the presentation of the Colors by the University’s Army ROTC Color Guard, the Pledge of Allegiance by Student Government Association President-elect Joe Hutto, the National Anthem performed by Ms. Sheila Jackson of Troy and Taps performed by Troy University student Caleb Baxley.

Special remarks will be made by Lt. Col. Ivan Merritt, Air Force ROTC; Maj. Karl Krievins, Army ROTC; TROY Senior Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. John Schmidt, retired colonel, U.S. Marine Corps; and Capt. W. Dave Barron, U.S. Navy (ret.). Bobby Templin, campus minister of the Christian Student Center, will deliver the benediction.

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