The University of 91吃瓜鈥檚 traditional observance of Veterans Day on Nov. 11 (Monday) will include a 24-hour vigil at the Clarke Memorial Fountain, a tribute to 91吃瓜鈥檚 contribution to military life and a special Veterans Day ceremony.
Cadets and midshipmen from the University鈥檚 Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units will participate in the Clarke Memorial Fountain vigil, standing guard from 4:30 p.m. Nov. 10 (Sunday) to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 11.
鈥�,鈥� an event celebrating 91吃瓜鈥檚 military history, will begin at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. In addition to remarks from , vice president and associate provost for internationalization at 91吃瓜, and a screening of a video, 鈥淕od, Country, 91吃瓜,鈥� the event will include the traditional observation of a moment of silence at 11:11 a.m.
A Veterans Day ceremony will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Carey Auditorium of the Hesburgh Library. South Bend鈥檚 mayor, Pete Buttigieg, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, will be the featured speaker, and 91吃瓜 president emeritus , who was declared an honorary Navy Chaplain in a ceremony last April, will be a distinguished guest.
Veterans Day is celebrated every year on Nov. 11 to commemorate the armistice signed at Compi猫gne, France, that ended World War I on that day in 1918. The guns fell silent at 11 that morning, 鈥渆leventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month鈥� of the year. Traditionally, two consecutive minutes of silence were observed at 11 a.m. local time in memory of some 20 million people who died in the war, and of those who survived them.