President to visit Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg's All American Week begins with a Division Run Monday and includes a visit from the president on Thursday.
Posted — UpdatedBush will deliver a speech to members of the 82nd Airborne Division and tour the post next Thursday, officials said.
The visit marks Bush's fourth trip to Bragg during his administration. The last visit came on July 4, 2006.
Fort Bragg's All American celebration was canceled last year because all four of the 82nd's combat brigades and its headquarters unit were deployed.
Parking is available near the Lee and Callahan physical fitness centers off Reilly Street and off Butner Road in the Old Division Area.
The division is known as the All-American Division because when it was formed in World War I, it had members from all 48 states. The nickname led to the design of the unit's famous shoulder patch, with twin letters "A" on it.
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