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T. Anthony Bell, USAG Fort Lee Public Affairs Office
FORT LEE, Va. – The Lee Club here buzzed and sparkled with sights and sounds of the holiday season Tuesday morning as volunteers lent hands to an event aiming to transform the historic facility into a holiday spectacle.
Deck the Fort, an annual event hosted by the Fort Lee Area Spouses Club, brought together various community organizations to help project the holiday spirit inside and out.
“The whole idea is making spirits bright and bringing the holidays to the historic Lee Club, so those who utilize the facility have a wonderful yuletide experience,” said Rachel Monique, FLASC’s first vice president.
About 40 decorators and helpers supported the occasion, according to Monique. The volunteers included representatives of the CASCOM schoolhouses; Holiday Helper; Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers; the American Red Cross; Survivor Outreach Services; Army Women’s Museum; Girl Scouts; Crater Silver Chapter of the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Association and others.
Volunteers embellished doors, walls and more than 25 trees as holiday music played over the loudspeakers and hot refreshments awaited those breaking from the action.
Among the most poignant trees were those sponsored by the SOS, which featured the images of fallen military members in enclosed glass ornaments, and the AWM, which adorned theirs’ with images of retired Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg and the late Lt. Col. Charity Adams. A federal panel recommended changing Fort Lee’s name to honor the two in October.
Deck the Fort is an occasion that goes back to at least 2017, Monique recalled.
| Date Taken: | 11.30.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 11.30.2022 13:00 |
| Story ID: | 434221 |
| Location: | PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, US |
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