Stephens County History Museum and Currahee Military Museum Veterans’ Coffee is Oct. 7

The Stephens County History Museum and Currahee Military Museum will host its monthly Veterans’ Coffee on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, in the Mitchell Allen Memorial Hall. A light breakfast will be served at 8:00 a.m. with the program to follow at 9:00 a.m. A special thank you goes out to the Dalrymple Family and Edward Jones®: Plaisted Wealth Management Group: Aaron D. Plaisted, Hunter J. Plaisted, and David V. Plaisted for sponsoring this month’s Coffee and Showcase! In addition, the Stephens County High School JROTC will lead the Posting of Colors.

The speaker is LTC (Retired) U.S. Army, Eric Cleveland. Eric attended the University of Georgia after serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserve as an Anti-Tank Assaultman. LTC (Retired) Cleveland was a Distinguished Military Graduate of the US Army ROTC program at UGA. He was commissioned in the Army as an Armor Officer. During his 26 years of military service, he served on M60 and M1 tanks during the Cold War in Germany, as well as during Desert Storm with the First Cavalry Division. He was in the PENTAGON on September 11, 2001. He was then in Iraq and Afghanistan with the 3rd Army (Coalition Forces Land Component Command). Eric is an exceptionally avid student of military history. Read more about Eric Cleveland below.