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Prepping for the troops

Rincon municipal workers were busy putting up American flags along Highway 21 as the community prepares for Wednesday’s welcome home celebration for Alpha Battery of the 1/118 Field Artillery Battalion. - photo by Photo by Rick Lott

tower and traffic — Rincon municipal workers were busy putting up American flags along Highway 21 as the community prepares for Wednesday’s welcome home celebration for Alpha Battery of the 1/118 Field Artillery Battalion. - photo by Photo by Rick Lott

Staff Report

Updated: Mar 2, 2010, 2:14 AM

Published: Mar 2, 2010, 2:16 AM

The Springfield-based Alpha Battery of the 48th Brigade’s 1/118 Field Artillery Battalion will have a welcome home procession Wednesday in Springfield. Soldiers will assemble in the lot near Springfield City Hall and march down Laurel Street to the Effingham County Administrative Complex for a short ceremony. Citizens are encouraged to line Laurel Street on Wednesday morning to welcome the soldiers back to Effingham County.

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