Family, friends, and neighbors will gather to dedicate a memorial to Lance Corporal Philip M. Scarborough at the Wilkes County Court House on Friday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m.

The dedication is set for the Marine Corps birthday, organizer Michael Horgan said, and comes soon after the second anniversary of LCpl. Scarborough's combat death in Iraq.

The memorial is being carved from Oglethorpe County blue granite. The poem, "Freedom," by Dr. David T. Kirk is being engraved on the memorial.

A contingent of Marines from the Marine detachment at Ft. Gordon, many of whom took part in Scarborough's funeral, will attend.