Posted on 11/19/2019 10:22:59 AM PST by rktman
Sometimes you make mistakes. Although motivated by good intentions, I believe we made a mistake this year in excluding the 21-gun salute from our Veterans Day ceremony. Having attended the ceremony, and having consulted with the Commander in charge, I am confident that we can accommodate a 21-gun salute, which had been a meaningful feature of the ceremony in years past.
We will therefore reinstate the 21-gun salute next year, and we will make sure to minimize any disruptions to classes and communicate the details of the ceremony in advance. Thanks to all who shared their views about this topic, and my sincere apologies to any who may have doubted our commitment to honoring our veterans, whom we hold in the highest esteem and who deserve our gratitude.
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I am guessing a few alumni expressed some views about their willingness to continue contributing to the future of this dishonorable institution.
The moment of silence should be at 11AM. Veteran’s Day, (Armistice Day) 11th month, 11th day, 11th hour.
Point the 21 guns at the protesters : )
Ok ok use blank charges. They will still fall down from the shock.
UVA Pres. Jim Ryan base salary is $750,000. He should be fired for such an unpatriotic dumba$$ “mistake”.
My father rests in Arlington National Cemetery. They gave me the folded flag.
When that young female officer handed me the flag that had covered my father’s coffin, I understood what America is.
I will never surrender.
BOOM there it is!
They presented it to my Grandmother. She went through one of the most difficult things anyone can endure - living to see one’s own child die.
I’ve always been very grateful for the final dignity afforded to my father, who served as a Marine in the Pacific, during WWII.
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