The lineup for the ceremony includes a flag raising conducted by the Georgia Army National Guard along with the national anthem, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence led by Dawson Harper, a junior in Dalton State’s associate of science physics pathway program and a U.S. Army veteran.

Speakers will include Dalton State College President John Fuchko III, who also serves as a colonel in the Georgia Army National Guard and commander of the 122nd Regiment – Regional Training Institute, and Dalton State junior Justin Asher, a U.S. Army veteran in the school’s bachelor of arts history with secondary certification program.