Sweet Home residents, friends and family gathered in groups along Highway 20 Sunday afternoon to welcome home soldiers from the Alpha Troop, 1-82nd Cavalry, 41st Brigade, back from Iraq.
The troops were escorted through town by a half-mile-long line of motorcyclists, city police, Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District, Linn County Sheriff’s Office and state police officers, with friends and families joining the procession after the two buses carrying the soldiers passed through around 5:30…