August 26, 2014
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Local Veterans Help Celebrate New Chick-fil-A
Regular Meetings September 2nd - 9:00 AM September 16th - 6:30 PM Meetings held at: Administration Building Community Room 140 Henry Parkway McDonough, GA 30253
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Volunteer veterans with the Henry County Veterans Museum ready the U.S. flag for hoisting.
Several volunteers with the Henry County Veterans Museum helped celebrate the grand opening of the new Chick-fil-A in the Lake Dow area of McDonough on Thursday morning, by raising the flag to the familiar tune of the Star Spangled Banner. The honor came following the official ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the new restaurant. Henry County Parks and Recreation Facilities Coordinator Jim Joyce, who is also a veteran and the museum’s curator, led veteran volunteers Bill Steele, Robert Brown, Lloyd Witt, Otis Hicks and Darryl Woodall in the ceremony, hoisting the massive flag, which measured 12x18 feet.
“We were truly honored to be chosen to raise that flag for the first time, and to be a part of the day,” said Joyce. Several Henry County Commissioners were also on hand to celebrate the opening, along with Bubba Cathy, founder Truett Cathy’s son, who is the Senior Vice President of Chick-fil-A, Inc. and President of Dwarf House, Inc. The Henry County Veterans Museum is located at Heritage Park in McDonough inside the red barn and is a treasure trove of military history featuring displays of uniforms, apparatus, medals, photographs, dioramas and vehicles from World War I up to the present. A group of dedicated volunteers runs the museum, Continued on Page 3 the henry county update
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