UF to host Veterans Day celebration November 11
The University of Findlay is proud to host a Veterans Day celebration at 5 p.m. Monday, November 11.
Area residents and the UF community are invited to attend the ceremony, which will take place at the Veterans Honor Wall in the Center for Student Life and College of Business, 233 Davis Street.
“Please join us as we honor the bravery, commitment, and sacrifices made by University of Findlay veterans,” said Samuel Yates, ’16, president of the Alumni Board of Governors, which is coordinating the event.
The guest speaker will be UF student Lee Covington, of Findlay, who served six years in the U.S. Navy and was stationed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier where he worked in nuclear chemistry and radiation protection and control in the nuclear reactor propulsion areas. He received two Navy Achievement Medals. He is a senior in the environmental, health, safety, and sustainability program and a part-time employee of Marathon Petroleum.
The UF band will play a salute to the U.S. armed forces followed by Boy Scout Troop 319 of Findlay presenting the colors. The National Anthem and “God Bless America” will be sung by UF senior Amber Robeson, and “Taps” will be performed by Mikayla Lemire, a senior UF Bands member. UF senior Kaitlyn Froelich will give the invocation and lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
The ceremony will conclude with a reading of the more than 760 names on the Veterans Honor Wall.
For those who cannot attend, the ceremony will be live-streamed online.
The Veterans Honor Wall was a gift to the University on behalf of the Class of 1966’s 50th anniversary.
“The wall is a living tribute that serves as a constant reminder on our campus of the many sacrifices that our service men and women have made to give us the freedoms we enjoy today,” Yates explained. “We are honored to call these veterans Oilers.”
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