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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) Vice President Mike Pence will be inthe Lowcountry on Thursday.

He will be speaking to the Corps of Cadets and is expectedto be honored at the Citadels Republican Society Patriot Dinner.

Every year, the Patriot Dinner honors a national, state, orlocal official who embodies the selfless leadership of Nathan Hale.

Hale was an American soldier and spy for the ContinentalArmy during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for anintelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the Britishand executed at the age of 21.

Pence will receive the Nathan Hale Patriot Award during thePatriot Dinner.

Duty, honor and service are central to the values we learnat The Citadel and we believe that the Vice President embodies those values forour entire nation, said Cadet Austin Burgess.

Past recipients include national figures such as PresidentTrump, Senator Tim Scott, Senator Jim DeMint and local heroes like Sheriff AlCannon and Congressman Henry Brown.

Proceeds from the dinner support sending cadets to theannual civic leadership seminars at CPAC, club scholarships, and programs,said Cadet Pierce Huff, club President.

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