The Fourth of July celebration at Camp Lejeune will feature a special musical performance by Citadel alumnus and singer-songwriter Marine Col. Mike Corrado.

Note: “Augie” Miceli played a huge role in sending cadets to The Citadel, serving the Citadel Volunteer Recruitment (CVR) program. Its mission, under the guidance of the Citadel Alumni Association

Lt. Sarah Zorn, the first woman to serve as regimental commander at The Citadel, spoke to cadets and shared some inspirational moments from her past..

Among his many roles, Ken Byrd served as Aberdeen Town Commissioner, volunteer director for The Citadel’s Alumni Association and a colonel in the Air Force.

Standing before the sparkling backdrop of Charleston Harbor, the former regimental commander of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets hosted the event that featured the presentation of a $2.5 million pledge of support for the museum from Dominion Energy.

David Aughtry of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry discovered something about himself after graduating from The Citadel, picking up degrees in law and accounting at the University of South Carolina and earning an LLM in taxation at Emory: “I was born to try tax cases.”

The Citadel is ranked as having the highest rates of employment in South Carolina, ten years post enrollment, according to the 2019 College Scorecard.

The display is a gift to the community made possible through donations and the efforts of many volunteers, according to Field of Honor chair J.C. Dominick.

Samuel McCauley, ’15, was part of the cordon for the arrival of President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron during D-Day commemoration.

The names of 281 Citadel alumni are engraved in the marble of The Citadel War Memorial, honored for their sacrifices after being killed in action during WWII. Of those men, two were killed 75 years ago today during D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.