Veterans Day ceremony set Nov. 11
American Legion Post 13 and the Darlington Veterans Memorial Committee invite the public to attend a celebration of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. on the Courthouse grounds in Darlington.
Guest speaker will be Capt. Ian Rohde, maintenance operations officer, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter. He leads 140 people responsible for 79 F-16 fighter jets and 112 aircraft engines with a value of $5.7 billion.
He also manages the Flying Hour program, providing 9,000 annual sorties and 13,000 flight hours. He has been assigned to installations in the Pacific and Southeast Asia in support of operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and others.