Air Force ROTC
Army ROTC
October 27, 2020
University of Portland Air Force and Army ROTC will hold a virtual commemoration ceremony in honor of Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11 from 10:50 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. Log in to the Microsoft Teams Webinar link at 10:50 a.m. to watch the virtual ceremony.
The virtual ceremony will include a joint color guard presentation, final changing of the guard to mark the end of the 24 hour vigil over the Praying Hands Memorial, Invocation and Benediction, and a speaking panel of four distinguished veterans from the UP community. The panel includes:
The original memorial was built by the University’s Class of 1948 and contained bricks inscribed with the names of the 69 University of Portland students killed in service during WWII. Later the memorial was expanded to include other wars and conflicts in which American service members and University of Portland students served, including World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars. The memorial now contains the names of 80 University of Portland students who lost their lives in service to the country.
For more information, please contact Drew Lindley at 503.943.8243 or lindley@up.edu.University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.,
Portland, Oregon 97203-5798
503.943.8000
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