THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WCTV) - Former U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, the nation’s first Black defense secretary, was honored Monday in his hometown of Thomasville with a street renaming. A section of Stevens Street was renamed “GEN Lloyd J. Austin III Way” at noon Monday.

Thomasville is celebrating General Lloyd Austin’s remarkable military career and hometown roots by renaming Stevens Street in his honor.

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THOMASVILLE- Members from across the community gathered at the Ritz Amphitheater on Thursday afternoon for a special homecoming ceremony, welcoming back the Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, the 28th United States Secretary of Defense for a street renaming ceremony.

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