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Veteran’s Day events

Macon County

• Macon County Art Association will hold a reception and portrait presentation event for the Annual Veterans Portrait Project at noon, Nov. 11, at the Uptown Gallery, 30 E. Main St., Franklin. The public is invited to watch family members and vets receive portraits painted by local artists. 

• The town of Franklin will hold its annual Veteran’s Day parade and celebration from 10:15 a.m. to noon Nov. 11 at the Franklin town gazebo. All Macon County veterans are invited to participate. The parade will leave the lower level of Franklin Town Hall at 10:15 a.m. and travel to the gazebo on the square. The Franklin High School Band will perform this year and the featured guest speaker will be Col. Gary Dills, USAF (retired) along with special music, a wreath laying ceremony and the playing of “Taps.” 828.524.2516.

Jackson County

• U.S. Congressman Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, will be the keynote speaker at Southwestern Community College’s Veteran’s Day event, which will be held from noon-1 p.m. Nov. 11 in Myers Auditorium on the Jackson campus. The event will also include a presentation from the William E. Dillard American Legion Post 104 Color Guard, comments from the chairmen of the Jackson, Macon and Swain County commissioners and a video/slideshow of SCC employees and students who served in the U.S. armed forces. Dr. Don Tomas, president of SCC, and Daniel Sewell, president of the SCC Veterans Club, will also speak at the event.

• Webster will hold a Veterans Day Celebration and Monument Rededication ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at Webster’s Old Rock School, 1528 Webster Road. The half-hour program will include a posting of colors by Boy Scout Troop 210, a musical performance by the Smokey Mountain High School Choir, including the national anthem, and remarks from guest speakers.  

Haywood County

• Waynesville’s VFW Post 5202 will hold a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the “big gun” in downtown Clyde. The guest speaker will be Lt. Col. Kevin Sutton, the Air Force Junior ROTC commander at Tuscola High School. 828.456.9346.

Swain/Cherokee

• A free Veterans appreciation spaghetti dinner is being provided by VFW Cherokee Memorial Post 8013 to all veterans and their families on Nov. 7 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Yellowhill Community Center. ID required for veterans, all others $5/adult and $2/under 12. Steve Brown at 828.497.2515 or Steve Lusk 828.497.5273.

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