Virginia Tech 2022 Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony
Venue: War Memorial Chapel (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
Date: Friday, November 11, 2022
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Virginia Tech and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets presents Virginia Tech 2022 Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony on Friday, November 11, 2022 at the War Memorial Chapel on the campus of Virginia Tech.
The Corps of Cadets will honor veterans in the Chapel and continue the ceremony with a wreath-laying at the Cenotaph. Captain Jamie McGrath U.S. Navy (retired), director of the Major General W. Thomas Rice Center for Leader Development and a 1990 graduate of the Corps of Cadets, will speak.
Beginning at 11:00 AM, the memorial wreath will be placed in front of the cenotaph on War Memorial Court. The Gregory Guard, the corps’ precision rifle drill team, will fire a rifle salute, and a bugler will play Taps.
Admission is free and is open to the public.
In addition to the events, cadets will participate in two vigils that honor Veterans Day:
• The Robert Femoyer Service Squadron will hold a 24-hour Veterans Day vigil at the Rock, a memorial to Virginia Tech alumni lost in World War I, on Upper Quad. The vigil also honors and remembers the men and women who have served in the military. Two cadets will be posted as guards and will change every half-hour. Volunteers from the entire corps and Air Force ROTC will participate.
• The Corps of Cadets’ Echo Company will hold a vigil at the Pylons. Two cadets will be posted as guards at the cenotaph and will change every hour for 48 hours.
Everyone is looking for great leaders. Our mission in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is to help nurture and create them. This is why our numbers have grown and the reason why exceptional men and women are drawn to be in the Corps in increasing numbers.
A significant part of the university since its establishment in 1872, we have evolved into a world-class leader development program, which still understands that at the root of great leaders is great character. This involves more than just classroom work. This is a four-year commitment to strive 24 hours per day, seven days a week to immerse oneself in a residential community focusing on the development of practical, ethical, and leadership skills.
Our cadets wear uniforms – not just because of tradition – but because they are making a statement that they have committed to a course of study, a set of high standards, and a way of life to which not all choose to aspire.
Links:
• https://www.vtcc.vt.edu/
• https://www.twitter.com/vtcorpsofcadets
• https://www.instagram.com/vtcorpsofcadets/
The War Memorial Chapel is located at 545 Drillfield Drive in Blacksburg, VA on the campus of Virginia Tech.
For more information, visit: https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/corps-veteransdayactivities22.html or https://vtx.vt.edu/notices/2022/11/corps-veteransdayriflesalute.html or https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/event/8484435.
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