(AUG. 20, 2025) — Cherokee County’s Annual Patriot Day Ceremony will be held Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. at the Public Safety memorial in Canton Rotary Park in downtown Canton.
The public is invited to the rain-or-shine event.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Cherokee County District Attorney Susan K. Treadaway.
Ms. Treadaway has served the citizens of Georgia for the past 21 years as a felony prosecutor. She was elected District Attorney on Nov. 5, 2024, and was previously sworn in as District Attorney by Gov. Brian P. Kemp on June 1, 2023, having also served as Acting District Attorney and Chief Assistant District Attorney for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit. Ms. Treadaway leads a team of 71 prosecutors, investigators, victim advocates, and support personnel in seeking justice through collaboration with partner agencies to protect and serve our community with integrity and professionalism.
Ms. Treadaway serves on the Georgia Board of Public Safety, having been appointed to the Board by Governor Kemp in January 2024. She is also an active member of the Rotary Club of Canton and a board member for the Malon D. Mimms Boys & Girls Club. Ms. Treadaway previously served on the Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force and as representative chair for the District Attorney on the Child Fatality Review Panel. She is also a 2022 graduate of Leadership Cherokee.
She completed her Juris Doctorate degree from Georgia State University in 2004 and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Florida State University in 1999.
The 2025 Patriot Day program will feature music from the Cherokee High School Band of Warriors. The Cherokee County Multi-Agency Honor Guard will present the colors, and Battalion Chief Michael Sims is slated to emcee the event.
In keeping with a recent tradition, there will be representation of all public safety and law enforcement in Cherokee County during the wreath presentation.
