In a Change of Command Ceremony held on July 11, at the Crosstown Concourse Theater in Memphis, Col. John L. Morrow assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District. Mississippi Valley Division Commander and Mississippi River Commission President Maj. Gen. Kimberly A. Peeples presided over the ceremony. The change of command ceremony is a military tradition that formally signifies the transfer of authority and responsibility from one commanding officer to another, symbolized through the passing of the unit’s colors or flag.