Patriot Day 2023 set for Monday, Sept. 11
(AUG. 24, 2023) -- Cherokee County’s Annual Patriot Day Ceremony will be held Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. at the Public Safety memorial in Canton Rotary Park in downtown Canton.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services Chief Eddie Robinson, who started the event in 2002. He led the planning and organization of the Patriot Day Ceremony until being named fire chief in 2022. Chief Robinson has been part of the fire service in Cherokee County since 1994, starting as a volunteer. He began his fire service career in his hometown of Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1979 and served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves.
The 2023 program will feature music from the Cherokee High School Band of Warriors and Cherokee Fire Pipes and Drums. The Cherokee County Multi-Agency Honor Guard will present the colors, and Fire Apparatus Operator Brice Futch will emcee the event.
New to this year’s program is representation of all public safety and law enforcement in Cherokee County during the wreath presentation.
The public is invited to the rain-or-shine event.
