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UWG to Take Part in Remembrance Day National Roll on 11/11/11
On Friday, Nov. 11, the UWG community will take part in Remembrance Day National Roll Call, to honor the American troops who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade.
There’s a reason Veterans Day is not a Monday holiday. It’s one of those days when we are supposed to stop and remember the sacrifices others have made for us.
Sacrifices in blood.
World War I is so far away now. It was so horrific it was supposed to be “the war to end all wars.” Yet here we are. At war.
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All wars are horrific, of course. And we’ve been at war for 10 years now in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is right and proper that we stop and remember this generation’s war dead.
On Friday, Nov. 11, the University of West Georgia community will remember those who have died in battle for us in these 10 years. We will take part in Remembrance Day National Roll Call, a nationwide effort to honor the American troops who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade.
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Volunteers will read the names of the more than 6,300 servicemen and women have died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, now called Operation New Dawn.
The community is invited to join us. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the UWG fountain. The reading of the names will begin about 9:30 a.m. and is expected to last until about 4 p.m.
At 2 p.m. – or 11 a.m. Pacific Time -- there will be a nationwide moment of silence. In 1918, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marked the temporary cessation of hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany.
If you would like to volunteer to read some of the names, please contact Ron Alexander at ralexand@westga.edu.
Corey Rumann, an assistant professor in UWG’s Department of Collaborative Support and Intervention, said: "It’s a way to recognize their sacrifice. It’s important. Too often we forget to thank them for their service and let them know they are supported and welcome on college campuses.”
The Veterans Knowledge Community of NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education is sponsoring the national roll call. So far, 163 schools, representing every state in the U.S. and the District of Columbia have signed up to participate, according to organizers.
The National Roll Call is grateful to iCasualties.org for recording the names of the fallen and their home states, over the past ten years.
For more information about the National Roll Call effort, contact Brett Morris at remembrancerollcall@gmail.com or visit va.eku.edu/rollcall to see a list of participating schools.
