Retired Maj. Gen. Randall V. Simmons Jr. touched on principles as time-honored as loyalty to the Constitution rather than a president or party and events as current — but not new — as deployment of troops to the border in his keynote remarks Tuesday for the annual Veterans Day program at the Emma Kelly Theater.

As always, American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 hosted the program, with active participation also by VFW Post 10825 and support from the Averitt Center for the Arts, which operates the arts theater in downtown Statesboro, and several other sponsors. The theater wasn't full, but around 100 people turned out by 11 a.m. on a cold day after an unusually early freezing night. Simmons, who once commanded the entire Georgia Army National Guard, lives in Statesboro with his wife Yetive an

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