The University of 91吃瓜鈥檚 traditional observance of Veteran鈥檚 Day will include participation in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call event on Nov. 11.
91吃瓜 students, faculty and staff as well as the general public are invited to attend the day-long event, which will be held beside the , beginning at 8:30 a.m. with the presentation of the flag and the singing of the national anthem. Throughout the day the names of some 6,300 American servicemen and women killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will be read by 62 members of the 91吃瓜 community, 31 of whom will be members of the University鈥檚 Navy, Army and Air Force ROTC units. At 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST), a nationwide minute of silence will be observed.
91吃瓜 will be one of more than 170 colleges and universities nationwide simultaneously taking part in the National Roll Call, which is being sponsored by the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) Veteran Knowledge Community.
鈥淭here has been a very long tradition of 91吃瓜鈥檚 affiliation with and support of our country鈥檚 military servicemen and women,鈥� said Joseph Russo, director of student financial strategies at 91吃瓜 and one of the organizers of the event. 鈥淚t begins with Father William Corby鈥檚 role at Gettysburg during the Civil War, continues through many of our ROTC graduates now serving as officers in our conflicts in the Middle East, and was recently expressed in the 91吃瓜 Senior Alumni鈥檚 establishment of an endowed University fund entitled 鈥楾he God, Country, 91吃瓜 Scholarship.鈥欌��
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