BEAUFORT, S.C. — Three Beaufort County government buildings in Beaufort are shining green every night this month as the county joins a national salute to veterans ahead of Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
At the County Plaza, the courthouse, the Arthur Horne Building and the county’s Administration Building will stay lit green for all of November, Beaufort County Veterans Affairs said. The county office is taking part in Operation Green Light for Veterans with the National Association of Counties.
Caroline Fermin, director of Beaufort County Veterans Affairs, asked homes and businesses across the county to put up a green light of their own this month. She said the gesture tells people who served that their community remembers them every day of the year, not only on the holiday.
The national campaign, now in its sixth year, is run by the National Association of Counties together with a national group of county veterans service officers. Organizers invited all 3,069 U.S. counties, parishes and boroughs to light buildings green from Nov. 4 through Nov. 11. Green was picked as a color of hope and of moving forward. Last year 412 counties in 44 states took part.
The tribute carries extra weight in a county shaped by the military. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is one of the area’s largest employers, and many residents are active-duty service members, veterans or military families.
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