Nov. 6, 2009
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University observes Veterans Day
…To honor those that have served and those in our community preparing to deploy…
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Nov. 6, 2009) – The Norwich University community and the Corps of Cadets will pay tribute to all veterans with a special remembrance ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 1:15 p.m. on the Upper Parade Ground by the flag pole.
Our guest speaker will be Norwich University Professor of Military Science COL Steven P. Carney '82, USA.
An open reception will follow the ceremony in the Foyer of Jackman Hall.
Members of the Norwich and Northfield communities, area veterans, and those currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States are cordially invited to attend.
The tribute on the UP includes nine minutes of canon fire in the Roll of Wars and a twenty-one gun salute.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
