The 13th annual 9/11 memorial ceremony will take place at noon this Friday near the statue of the Union Soldier between Lane Hall and Kendall Hall.
The event is co-sponsored by the College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom and will feature an address by Major Jim Bernthal, a retired marine.
“The September 11 attacks are the singular event forever altering the modern United States,” College Republicans President senior Sam Holdeman said. “9/11 served as the end of the relatively quiet decade between the vanquishing of America’s greatest terror, the USSR, and the rise of Islamic terrorism. 9/11 was the reminder that, though one evil may be defeated, another will always rise seeking to destroy freedom.”
The two student organizations worked with Assistant Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers to plan the event. As in the past, four flags to honor the victims of the Benghazi shooting will join the 2,977 flags in remembrance of the 9/11 victims in New York City and Washington, D.C.
