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Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony
(Corps)
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets will honor Veterans Day a with a small, outdoor ceremony.
Maj Gen Randal Fullhart, the commandant of cadets, will speak. A memorial wreath will be placed in front of the cenotaph. The Gregory Guard precision drill team will fire a rifle salute, and a bugler will play taps.
Those in attendance are asked to wear masks and practice physical distancing.
Elsewhere, two vigils also will honor veterans. The Corps of Cadets' Echo Company will hold a vigil beginning at midnight Nov. 11 at the Pylons. Two cadets will be posted as guards at the cenotaph and will change every hour for 48 hours, ending at midnight Nov. 13.
The Robert Femoyer Service Squadron will hold a 24-hour vigil at the Rock (a memorial to Virginia Tech alumni lost in World War I) on Upper Quad beginning at midnight Nov. 11. Two cadets will be posted as guards and will change every half-hour. Volunteers from the entire corps and the Air Force ROTC will participate.
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