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Cedartown gets ready for gala sendoff for Delta Company
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Fire fighters attach a large flag to a line to be suspended between the ladder trucks.
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Polk County public servants, citizens and other volunteers were busy finalizing preparations this morning for a parade and community send-off for local National Guardsmen.

The Delta Company, 148th Brigade Support Battalion from Polk County is being deployed in March.

A parade begins at 12:30 p.m. on Marietta Street and continues down Main Street.

As part of the preparations, ladder trucks from the Rockmart and Cedartown fire departments set up on either side of Main Street around 11 a.m. A line was attached to both ladders and a large flag was attached. After the ladders were raised, the flag was suspended high above the street, creating a flag-bearing archway for the parade.

After the parade, there will be a program beginning around 1 p.m. for the troops in the Cedartown Civic Auditorium.

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Demodog
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March 02, 2009
This parade today is a great thing to do for the troops and their families. I hope that this very politically conservative community comes out in support of our troops before they go to war and not just plan on lining the streets should a hearse bring them home. Make the effort to go to the parade. Show your support for this effort in some way other than listening to/watching and agreeing with some screaming talk show host. Put forth some effort in support other than nodding your head in agreement as some hatemonger whips you into a state of frenzy while you loll in your recliner in front of the tube. You can't take off work? How about when you're able to work in a few hours off for golf, deer hunting, NASCAR, fishing, ballgames..?

Here is your chance to support the troops. I want them to go and fight a war for me in a far away foreign land but I won't go to Main Street, USA to show my support! What is wrong with this attitude? Be there! Show your support for the troops, don't just talk about it.
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