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Atlanta History Center holds virtual program for Veterans Day on Wednesday

Veterans across the nation will be celebrated and remembered Nov. 11. Photo by Brandi Sission, courtesy of the Atlanta History Center.

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Veterans across the nation will be celebrated and remembered Nov. 11. Photo by Brandi Sission, courtesy of the Atlanta History Center.
By Christopher Quinn
Nov 11, 2020

The Atlanta History Center is holding a virutal Veterans Day celebration at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The center’s senior military historian Gordon Jones will be the featured speaker.

The broadcast can be picked up on Facebook or Youtube and through links on the center’s website.

Join us (virtually) as we commemorate the service and sacrifice of all of our nation’s veterans in our annual Veterans...

Posted by Atlanta History Center on Wednesday, November 11, 2020
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Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.

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