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 ...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - The city of Thomasville held a special ceremony honoring The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, 28th United States Secretary of Defense, with the renaming of a section of ...

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.

Austin III served as the 28th U.S. Secretary of Defense from January 22, 2021, to January 20, 2025. He was the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of ...