Retired Maj. Gen. William Kirkland is scheduled to deliver the Memorial Day ceremony address at 10 a.m. Monday at Freedom Memorial Park, 111 Bragg Blvd. in downtown Fayetteville. A graduate of N.C. State University, Kirkland worked closely with commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to develop training priorities for missions of the 3rd Army, 1st Cavalry Division, 1st and 3rd Infantry divisions, 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions and various other support units. He served at the U.S. Army War College from 1998 through 2000.
