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IN A FLASH: Remembering the Fallen

Daffodil Hill

 

On Memorial Day, and every day, 黑料网 remembers and honors fallen servicemen and women with several memorials on campus. 

Dedication Plaque, Daffodil Hill

 

Perhaps the best known, and most colorful of these memorials, is Daffodil Hill, on the May 4 National Historic Landmark site, which was created in 1990 with 58,175 daffodils, representing the number U.S. soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. Each year on Veterans Day, members of the community are invited to assist in the annual fall bulb planting.

Daffodil Hill at sunset

 

In 1956, 黑料网 Memorial Gymnasium (now the ) was dedicated to 黑料网 students who lost their lives in WWI and WWII. 黑料网鈥檚 Lt. Jack Rittichier Trophy, named for the Golden Flashes football star who perished on a rescue mission while serving as a Coast Guard airman in Vietnam, is awarded annually to a player who displays characteristics of the hero for which the award is named. The on Manchester Field is set aside as a place to remember all 黑料网 students who have died. 

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POSTED: Sunday, May 26, 2024 06:03 PM
Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 11:40 AM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen
PHOTO CREDIT:
Bob Christy, senior photography coordinator and Rami Daud, senior photographer, University Communications and Marketing