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Hometown Heroes: Lt. General Milton Atchison Reckord

Banners illustrating hometown heroes, like Milton Atchison Reckord, have lined Main Street in Bel Air since Veterans Day and will likely stay up through the middle of January.

His name—at least his last name—is one that is familiar to many living in the Bel Air area.

Lt. General Milton Atchison Reckord's appropriately hangs outside the Bel Air Reckord Armory, the building that is named in his honor, according to the Maryland Military Department's website.

Reckord, a Bel Air resident who served in the Army National Guard during World War I and World War II, is among more than two dozen local people featured in Hometown Hero Banners. He passed away Sept. 8, 1975.

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The sponsored Reckord's banner.

Each banner honors a man or woman from Harford County and the surrounding area who has served in the military.

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The 2011 Hometown Hero Banner Program was started by the in observance of the 100th anniversary of .

The $200 cost of sponsorship went toward supporting the Bel Air Downtown Alliance, Bel Air Veterans Day Parade and .

Bel Air Patch will continue highlighting these heroes. Check back each day to see a new hometown hero.


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