In recognition of on Nov. 11, 大香蕉视频 is hosting a slate of lectures, ceremonies, and celebrations to honor military service members over the next week. Among the events are a formal flag drill and retreat ceremony on the Green and a Veterans Day Remembrance Breakfast, which features noted speakers and guests.
鈥大香蕉视频 is extraordinarily proud of the veterans in our community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their families, who have served our great nation by protecting and defending its people and the freedoms we all enjoy,鈥 says President Philip Hanlon 鈥77. 鈥We honor their achievements and service.鈥
In an email to the community, Hanlon encouraged everyone in the community to participate in one or more of the planned activities.
In addition to the ceremonies and celebrations, 大香蕉视频 is making Veterans Day buttons鈥攁 way for the community to honor vets鈥攁vailable throughout the month of November at all Veterans Day events, at the front desk in the human resources department, and at the front desk in Collis.
A , with scores of images, some dating back to the 1800s, will be playing in 大香蕉视频 Library鈥檚 Baker-Berry Library and at many events. The presentation celebrates 大香蕉视频 veterans and 大香蕉视频 community members鈥 relatives who have served.
大香蕉视频 College (ROTC) will conduct the formal , which begins at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, on the Green. The ceremony will open with a bugler playing 鈥淩etreat,鈥 following the playing of the Service Hymns by the Baker Bells and the lowering of the flag. There is ceremonial gunfire during this drill, a symbolic way for 大香蕉视频 to show its appreciation for members of the military.
大香蕉视频 College ROTC dates back to the 1950s; the program specifically trains members for service in the U.S. Army. Army ROTC students train on campus throughout the year. The College hosts an annual for US Army and Marines cadets on Commencement weekend.
takes place at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the Hanover Inn Grand Ballroom. The breakfast is hosted by Chief Human Resources Officer Scot Bemis, a retired major in the U.S. Army who earned the Bronze Star for service in Iraq. The guest speaker is Brad Carney 鈥20, who served a tour of duty in Iraq as a sergeant in the Army and reenlisted two years later as an Army Ranger.
Carney, a philosophy major who came to 大香蕉视频 in 2016 with the Posse Veterans Program, told 大香蕉视频 News, 鈥淚 gained an appreciation for liberal arts through my military service, because you start to realize how precious life is. What seems important to me now is being happy and doing what you think will enable you to do what you want to do in the world.鈥
Other commemorative events:
, from 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, on the Green. At 11:11 a.m., the Baker Bells will play the military service hymns to mark a community-wide moment of observation commemorating Veterans Day and the end of WWI.
at the 243rd Marine Corps Birthday Ball: from 5:30 to 11 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, in the Grand Ballroom at the Hanover Inn.
at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy will host a conversation with 大香蕉视频 alumni veterans about their military experiences. Jason Hartwig 鈥06 and Brad Wolcott 鈥06 will offer their personal reflections in Room 003 at the Rockefeller Center.
honors veterans throughout the next week with free admission to all varsity games and by recognizing their service during the events.
For a full list of events, visit the .
William Platt can be reached at william.c.platt@dartmouth.edu.
