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Commission hears plan to hang banners honoring two local veterans at courthouse during Veterans Day events
Summary
Commissioners were told families requested banners honoring Benny Atkins and Robert Louis Howard; banners would hang from courthouse columns for Veterans Day parades in Opelika and were reportedly donated after a commissioner intervened.
An unidentified speaker asked the Lee County Commission’s work session to support hanging banners from the courthouse columns to honor two local veterans, Benny Atkins and Robert Louis Howard, during upcoming Veterans Day events in Opelika.
The presenter said they had spoken with Jamie Poppel and the families and had received material specifications for the banners. They said Signessentials provided a price but that Commissioner Cannon later arranged to have the banners donated. The presenter emphasized the banners would hang on columns that do not block steps and asked for no objections to proceed.
No formal agenda action or vote was recorded on the proposal in the work-session transcript; the speaker characterized the request as informational and said the banners would remain a few days before and after the Veterans Day parade so long as they do not obstruct courthouse access.
