A 102-year-old military veteran sang the national anthem on Sunday at a Veterans Day Parade in Frederick County, Maryland.

World War II veteran Wilbur “Jack” Myers kicked off the 93rd annual Brunswick Veterans Day Parade with a sterling rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

The Brunswick Veterans Day Parade is one of the oldest Veterans Day celebrations in the country, according to event organizers.

Myers’ historical impact

Myers was a U.S. Army Corporal while serving during World War II. He was a gunner in the 1st platoon, Company B, 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion.

According to his profile, Myers arrived in France in September 1944 and then went to the Netherlands to support the 104th Division and British forces in the Battle of Antwerp. 

Later that year, he was fighting in the Ardennes region as part of the Battle of the Bulge. 

In 1945, the 692nd crossed the Rhine River and advanced across Germany, arriving in Munich by April. Cpl. Myers earned a Bronze Star. 

Myers and the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion were attached to the 42nd, 63rd, and 104th Infantry divisions during World War II, and they were also involved in the liberation of Dachau concentration camp when attached to the 42nd Infantry Division, according to The Best Defense Foundation.  

In 2014, Myers returned to Europe to commemorate the 70th anniversary of “D-Day,” when allies invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, according to several publications.

Baltimore’s Veterans Day Parade

The annual Baltimore City Veterans Day Parade took place on Saturday, beginning at the Washington Monument in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.

The parade featured a slew of military-supporting organizations, ROTC programs, and marching bands. WJZ was the proud media sponsor.

WJZ featured the Baltimore City College Marching Knights, who performed behind band director Jaylin Jackson.

“Typically, we go through the patriotic parade sequence, which has like three different songs, one including America the Beautiful,” Jackson said.

The Grand Marshal of the Baltimore parade was Retired Army General Larry Ellis, a native of Cambridge, Maryland, and the first African-American four-star general to have graduated from Morgan State University.

Over the course of his career in the U.S. Army, Ellis held leadership roles at every level across the globe, including South Korea, Europe, and even in the classroom.

“So the Army sent me to Indiana to get a master’s degree, to go to West Point, the United States Military Academy, to teach,” Ellis said.

Ellis’s career took him as far as commanding General of the U.S. Army Forces Command. 

“It has responsibility for all of the Army forces in the Continental United States, except for training and special operations,” Ellis said. 

In 2001, Ellis was promoted to the rank of four-star general, becoming the fourth African-American in the history of the U.S. Army to achieve this distinction. 

Rutgers football needs two more victories to earn bowl eligibility.

It has a big opportunity to get one of those wins today.

The Scarlet Knights will host the Maryland Terrapins with a chance to pick up their fifth win of the season and second Big Ten victory.

Maryland is on a four-game losing streak.

Rutgers is looking to bounce back from a 35-13 loss at Illinois.

Here’s how to watch today’s game and some information to know:

What time is Rutgers vs. Maryland today?

The game is set to kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET. at SHI Stadium in Piscataway.

What channel is Rutgers vs. Maryland on today?

The game will be televised on FS1. Stream it on Fubo, with a free trial for new subscribers.

Rutgers vs. Maryland prediction, picks, odds

Give Greg Schiano credit for this: He’s never lost a team. And even when a season isn’t going well, it’s never gone completely off the rails. And that’s why I think the Scarlet Knights will find a way to get past Maryland. Yes, I know how had the Rutgers defense has been. But I think Rutgers’ offense, which certainly didn’t play well against a struggling Illinois defense, will be more productive against the Terrapins, who are giving up 380.9 yards per game. Maryland’s run defense is also vulnerable, allowing 154.6 yards on the ground per game. Both teams are having bad seasons. Rutgers managed to beat another struggling team in Purdue on the road. The Scarlet Knights should be able to get by Maryland at home. Score prediction: Rutgers 35, Maryland 31

Odds courtesy of Action Network as of Nov. 7.

Favorite: Rutgers by 2.5

Over/under: 57.5

Moneyline: Rutgers -130, Maryland +110

On November 6, the state of Maryland and Prince George’s county filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and General Services Administration (GSA). Kash Patel, Pamela Bondi, and Michael Rigas are listed as the defendants.

The lawsuit is in regard to the FBI’s proposed relocation from the Hoover Building to the Reagan Building. It comes a few months after the FBI announced its plans to vacate its Brutalist, Washington, D.C. headquarters—the J. Edgar Hoover Building designed by Charles F. Murphy—and move into the nearby Ronald Reagan Building, designed by James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

This, according to Maryland government officials, is at odds with efforts dating back to 2011 between the FBI and the state.

The FBI had been weighing three sites in Landover and Greenbelt, Maryland; and Springfield, Virginia, for a new FBI headquarters. In 2022, two separate public laws were enacted that directed the GSA to choose one of the sites, and Congress to allocate over $1.1 billion to fund the project.

A site in Greenbelt, Maryland, was chosen for the new FBI headquarters in 2023. The agreement also dictated that a satellite office located within Washington, D.C. limits be identified to accommodate up to 1,000 FBI employees, so as to maintain proximity to the DOJ. An architect wasn’t commissioned for the project.

Criteria for the site was dictated by the following parameters: it be federally owned, less than 2 miles from a Metro station, within 2.5 miles of the Capital Beltway, and meet Interagency Security Committee Level V standards.

At a press briefing, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said yesterday: “We are asking the court to stop the unlawful selection of the Reagan Building, prevent the diversion of congressionally appropriated funds and ensure the federal government, the Trump administration, follows the law.”

All parties agree the Hoover Building is inadequate for servicing the FBI: Crumbling concrete, persistent water infiltration, lackluster security features, and other shortcomings make for a poor working environment, both Patel and the state of Maryland argue. But that’s beside the point.

Plaintiffs claim Patel, Bondi, Rigas, and the agencies they run, are trying to “unlawfully sabotage a multiyear collaborative effort to develop a new FBI headquarters complex in Greenbelt, Maryland” and “unlawfully divert funding that Congress designated for that project.”

When the FBI and GSA changed course in July, the appropriated funds allocated for the move to Maryland were instead redirected toward moving the FBI headquarters into the Reagan Building. Maryland claims this is in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and argues it will deprive Prince George’s county of “transformative benefits” that would be had if the FBI moves into its borders. They ask that the FBI abandon its plans to relocate into the Reagan building.

“Maryland is going to fight this thing with everything that we have because in Maryland, we do not bend the knee,” Governor Wes Moore said. “So, if Donald Trump thinks that we are going to roll over when he tries to make life worse for our law enforcement, he better think twice, and we’ll see him in court.”