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LAURINBURG — Led by the Scotland County Veterans Council, some 150 people gathered Monday to commemorate the contributions made by military veterans to the promotion of freedom both at home and abroad.

State Rep. Garland Pierce provided the keynote speech, in which he placed emphasis on the sacrifices made by veterans’ families as well as by veterans themselves.

ROCKINGHAM — So far as we know, Furman Maxey Truett committed only one dishonorable act. In his mind, though, the end must have justified the means.

Truett, a native of Richmond County, lied about his age in 1947 in order to become a U.S. Marine. It was only family legend until recently, when 1940 U.S. Census data showed that Truett was 9 years old, not the 11 he would have needed to later enlist, at the age of 17, in 1947.