Soldiers and family members from the Cyber Protection Brigade prepare to perform the national dance of the Philippines, Tinikling, where dancers gracefully dance around bamboo stalks as they are rhythmically drummed on the ground.  Maria Blanchard/Fort Eisenhower
Soldiers and family members from the Cyber Protection Brigade prepare to perform the national dance of the Philippines, Tinikling, where dancers gracefully dance around bamboo stalks as they are rhythmically drummed on the ground. Maria Blanchard/Fort Eisenhower

In pictures: Army Heritage Month program

(Photos courtesy Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs Office)

June is Army Heritage Month, and soldiers at Fort Eisenhower observed it June 6 with a program themed “Honoring the Past, Defending the Future.”

The program included singing, skits, dance and spoken world as well a cultural displays.

ABATSU African Drummers and Dancers, an African cultural performing arts group based in Augusta, performs for the Fort Eisenhower audience with a traditional African spiritual dance as part of the opening ceremony for Army Heritage Month. Anne Bowman/Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs

Soldiers and family members from the Cyber Protection Brigade prepare to perform the national dance of the Philippines, Tinikling, where dancers gracefully dance around bamboo stalks as they are rhythmically drummed on the ground. Anne Bowman/Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs Office

Soldiers and family members from the Cyber Protection Brigade prepare to perform the national dance of the Philippines, Tinikling, where dancers gracefully dance around bamboo stalks as they are rhythmically drummed on the ground. Anne Bowman/Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs Office
ABATSU African Drummers and Dancers, an African cultural performing arts group based in Augusta, performs for the Fort Eisenhower audience with a traditional African spiritual dance as part of the opening ceremony for Army Heritage Month. Maria Blanchard/Fort Eisenhower
The Augusta Jewish Museum presented the Days of Remembrance at Army Heritage Month. Anne Bowman/Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs Office
The Augusta Jewish Museum presented the Days of Remembrance at Army Heritage Month. Anne Bowman/Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs Office
Soldiers at Thursday’s Army Heritage Month program. Anne Bowman/Fort Eisenhower Garrison Public Affairs Office

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