Army, Navy ROTC Cadets to Honor Military’s Service on Veterans’ Day
Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, (207) 581-1125
Cadets from the Army and Navy ROTC programs at the University of Maine will participate in the annual Veterans’ Day Vigil on Friday, Nov. 11.
The solemn event will occur from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the steps of the Fogler Library in front of the University Mall. A lone cadet will stand at attention in dress uniform in honor of the service members of all America’s wars. Through a meticulous changing of the guard ceremony similar to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, Va., cadets will relieve the lone guard and stand their post in honor.
Congress enacted Veterans’ Day into law on May 24, 1954. Prior to the law, Nov. 11was celebrated as Armistice Day. This was the day in 1918 when the Germans signed the Armistice to cease all hostilities and end the First World War.