Based out of Dixon, IL, PFC JP Kelly has had a long trip home. Part of his squadron has returned home already, and some, I believe, are still awaiting a plane home. PFC JP Kelly will be arriving at the Dixon Armory in Dixon, IL from Ft. McCoy, WI this morning and will attend a short ceremony before being released to his family around 4:30 p.m. He will then be escorted by the Patriot Guard from the Dixon Armory where he will meet up with a pre-scheduled caravan of family and friends in Milan, IL, along Route 67 acrossed from Coyne Center and the old Silver Oaks restaurant (there is currently a trailer park there now and a BP gas station kitty-corner from the meeting place). The Patriot Guard will then lead PFC Kelly and his caravan of family and friends down Route 67, through Viola, IL (around 6:20 p.m.) and into Aledo, IL around 6:30 p.m. and end at the Aledo Central Park Pavilion, where JP will be reunited with is remaining family and friends.
PFC Kelly is the only Quad Cities native, I believe, that will be retuning to this area today. Please come and help us welcome him home properly from a tour of serving his country.
