{"id":518,"date":"2007-07-25T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2007\/07\/25\/delta-state-to-host-marker-unveiling-in-honor-of-capps-public-invited\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:56:09","slug":"delta-state-to-host-marker-unveiling-in-honor-of-capps-public-invited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2007\/07\/delta-state-to-host-marker-unveiling-in-honor-of-capps-public-invited\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State to host marker unveiling in honor of Capps, public invited"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charlie Capps, Jr. poses in front of tree dedicated in his honor in 2003. This Friday, members of the American Legion, National Guard and VFW will unveil a marker for that tree on the campus of Delta State University. The ceremony is open to the public and will begin at 10 a.m. <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Delta State University will play host to a special ceremony Friday, July 27 at 10 a.m. on the quadrangle of the campus, as members of the National Guard, Veterans of Foreign Wars<\/font><\/font> (VFW) and American Legion honor long-time Mississippi legislator, Charlie Capps, Jr. <\/span><\/p>\n

The group will unveil a marker for the tree dedicated to Representative Capps in July 2003. <\/font><\/div>\n
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Capps, whose legislative career spanned four decades, retired from the Legislature in 2005. He was elected in 1971 and served as chair of the House Appropriations Committee for 16 years (1988-2003). A former sheriff, Capps also chaired the House Constitution Committee.<\/div>\n
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Delta State President, Dr. John M. Hilpert, commented at “Charlie Capps Day” in 2005, “Delta State has had no greater friend in the House of Representatives <\/font>than Charlie Capps. A true ‘Statesman,’ Mr. Capps always had the best interest of this University and the Mississippi Delta in mind.” <\/span><\/div>\n
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The ceremony is free and open to public. For more information, please call University Relations at (662) 846-4675.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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