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What: Dedication of Medal of Honor Heritage TrailWho: National Medal of Honor Museum of Military OfficialsWhen: 1 to 3 p.m. todayWhere: Lee and Gordon’s Mill, 71 Red Belt Road, Chickamauga, Ga.
Military officials and veterans will gather today to dedicate the beginning of a new trail tracing the Tennessee Valley’s long history of Medal of Honor recipients.
The National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History will dedicate the first sign of its Medal of Honor Heritage Trail near Chickamauga’s Lee and Gordon’s Mill at 1 p.m. today. The first marker will memorialize Civil War-era recipients of the Medal of Honor, including bugler William J. Carson, of the 15th U.S. Infantry, Sgt. Axel H. Reed, of the 2nd Minnesota Infantry, and Capt. Clinton A. Cilley, also of the 2nd Minnesota.
Today’s event will feature a 21-gun salute and an appearance by the East Ridge High School JROTC. The superintendent of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will speak, along with author and historian E. Raymond Evans and Maj. Brent Harrington, of the 15th US Infantry.