Recruiting station cuts ribbon today
Published: Fri, Dec. 15, 2006 12:00AM
Modified Fri, Dec. 15, 2006 03:13AM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- Protesters and counterprotesters are expected to show up today when the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce officially welcomes the new Army recruiting station to town.
A ribbon cutting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at the station, 1502 E. Franklin St., in the shopping center between Estes Drive and Elliott Road.
Last month, the day after news that a soldier from Orange County had been killed by a bomb in Iraq, about 40 protesters marched to the station, chanting "Out of Iraq! Out of our schools!" They were surprised at the station by about a dozen middle-aged and older veterans who stood in support of the Army.
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