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Thursday, June 29-July 5, 2017 www.shelbyinfo.com 704/484-1047 - shelby shopper & info - Page 19 CLASSIFIEDS TO PLACE YOUR ADS CALL 704-484-1047 Lattimore Fourth of July Celebration The Trailblazers Bluegrass Band The Town of Lattimore will host a July 4th Celebration 2017 beginning with a parade at 9:00am on Main Street in Latti- more and a program at 10:00am at the Lattimore Recreation Park. Parade entries include tractors, horses, antique cars and more! The Trailblazers, a rising bluegrass group from North Wilkesboro, NC will be providing entertainment. Veterans will be recognized. Contact the Town of Lattimore for more infor- mation 704-434-2620 or townofl attimore@gmail.com Military equipment, military vehicles, living his- tory encampments, weapons, a special traveling WWI exhibit, lectures, and the museum's own exhibits with a military theme will be on display during this weekend's Salute the Troops: Military Through the Ages event, July 1 and 2. Additional event offerings include Salisbury National Cem- etery and Confederate Prison site trolley tours, a USO-themed dinner and show by the popular Let- ters From Home: America's Bombshell Duo, and fi reworks. Event admission is just $6 for adults, $5 for se- niors, and $4 for children 3-12. As a tribute to those who have served, the event is free to veter- ans and active military with a military ID. Members of the N.C. Transportation Museum are also free. Train rides, trolley tours, and the USO show carry additional fees. Visitors will be greeted by approximately 100 troops set up with living history camps on the museum grounds. WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and even the Civil War will be represented. Living history offerings will include a WWI medical air station, the 82nd Airborne from WWII, Vietnam-era pilots and Civil War militiamen, American soldiers and allies. Discussions will fo- cus on how those soldiers lived and worked, and the weapons of war use throughout history will be displayed. Vehicles will also be highlighted in the museum's activity fi eld, including fi ve Vietnam-era helicopters. The military ma- chines scheduled to appear also include WWII-era Jeeps and trucks, a vintage military bicycle, and many more. The newest "Ride of Pride" truck, featuring artwork that serves as a memorial to the attack on Pearl Harbor, will also appear. Owned by Chief Express, from Seagrove, N.C., the truck features artwork that shows the military base prior to the infamous 1941 attack on the left side, and images of the base in the present day on the right side. The truck was built locally, at the Daimler Trucks facility in Rowan County. The N.C. in WWI traveling exhibit will also be offered. Created by the N.C. Museum of History, the exhibit of 10 information panels, propaganda posters, and related artifacts is supple- mented by local items from the Rowan Museum of History and local collectors. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into "the war to end all wars," the exhibit pays tribute to victory acres, war bonds, and heroic efforts in battle, with a special focus on the contributions of North Caro- linians to the war effort. WWI will also be the focus of guest lecturer LTC (Ret.) Sion H. Harrington III. His presentation, "North Carolina and the Great War, 1917-1918," takes place in the Bob Julian Round- house at 1 p.m. each event day. Master bugler Jay Callaham will discuss the military connec- tions to an instrument that called many to battle. Callaham will tell the true history of "Taps" and discuss the history of the bu- gle as a military signal. In addition to his 25-year career in the military, Callaham has performed "Taps" at numerous military funerals, and has even sounded the call at Arlington National Cemetery, a rare honor. The museum's own military-related artifacts and exhibits will also be displayed. The U.S. Army Hospital car, which served in the Korean confl ict, will be on display in the Bob Julian Round- house. The Merci Train 40&8 car, one of 49 such railroad cars given to each state in the U.S. and the District of Columbia by a grateful French nation following WWII, is also displayed. The lesser-known military connections of the #544 Seaboard Air Line locomotive and the Piedmont Airlines DC-3 will also be told. Upgrade options to the event include Salisbury National Cemetery and Confederate Prison Site trolley tours. When built in 1861, the Confederate Prison was designed to hold 2500, but by 1864, there were more than 10,000 prisoners incarcerated. Some 3700 prisoners died between October of 1864 and February of 1865. Trolley tours are $18/person and are offered at 10:00, 11:30am, and 1:00pm Saturday and at 12:30, and 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Saturday evening will feature a special additional event. Let- ters From Home: America's Bombshell Duo recreates a classic USO-style performance, with dazzling tap dancing, memora- ble songs, and a focus on patriotism. Offered at 6:30 p.m. in the recently opened Back Shop, visitors will enjoy dinner and the show for $25/person or $40/couple. Fireworks will conclude the Saturday night performance, happening around 9:15, at the conclusion of Letters From Home. The gen- eral public can enjoy Saturday evening's fi re- works show from the museum parking area at no charge. Salute the Troops: Military through the Ages will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 1 and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 2. About the N.C. Transportation Museum The N.C. Transportation Museum, located in historic Spencer Shops, the former South- ern Railway steam locomotive repair facility, is located just fi ve minutes off I-85 at Exit 79 in Spencer, N.C., and about an hour from Charlotte, Greensboro or Winston-Salem. The museum is home to the largest remaining operational roundhouse in North America, and numerous structures that represent what was once Southern Railway's largest steam locomotive repair facility in the southeast. The museum is part of the Division of Historic Sites and the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. Learn more at www.nctrans.org. Submitted by Mark Brown N.C. Transportation Museum Salutes the Troops, With "Military Through the Ages" Cobra Gunship Military re-enactors Ride For Pride truck Free Papers Working For You While others retreat, we are moving forward. Some publication's numbers are falling behind. Your free community paper is moving forward. 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