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Winder to Welcome Home National Guard Unit on Saturday
The event will be held at Winder Barrow High School's stadium.
Winder has planned a big welcome home for the Georgia National Guard's 185th Black Hawk unit.
W. Clair Harris Stadium will play host to a welcome home tribute and thank you ceremony from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 31.
Having recently returned home from deployment in Iraq, the soldiers of the Winder-based Aviation Regiment and their families will be honored with accolades from confirmed dignitaries that include Governor Nathan Deal, National Guard Brigadier General Joe Jarrard, Colonel Robert Barker of Fort Gordon, Congressman Paul Broun and state legislators Senator Frank Ginn and Representative Terry England.
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The ceremony will kick off with a dramatic jump into the stadium by Fort Benning’s Silver Wings demonstration parachute group, and will conclude with food, music and activities for children.
Barrow Patch joins with the residents of Winder in thanking the 185th for their service.
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