Army, Navy ROTC Cadets to Honor Our Military’s Service Members for Veterans Day
Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, Enrollment Officer, University of Maine Army ROTC
Room 114, Armory, Orono, Maine 04469, 207-581-1125
ORONO — Cadets from the Army and Navy ROTC programs at the University of Maine will participate in the annual Veterans Day Vigil on Friday, Nov. 10.
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 joint color guard will stand at attention in dress uniforms 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 former guards and stand their post in honor.
Veteran’s Day, the Nov. 11, is being observed a day earlier due to it falling on Saturday this year.
Congress enacted Veterans Day into law on May 24, 1954. Prior to this law, Nov. 11 was celebrated as Armistice Day. That was the day in 1918 when the Germans signed the armistice to cease all hostilities and end the First World War.