11 Years of Remembrance

The following is an excerpt from "11 years of remembrance" published in The Universe on Sep. 10, 2012:

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, a 24-hour flag vigil will be held in the Abraham Smoot Building courtyard to commemorate those who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The vigil will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning with a flag-raising ceremony, followed by a rose laying ceremony and rifle salute from 8:50 to 9 a.m., as stated in a memorandum to Dean Gary Cornia of the Marriott School.

There will be two service members standing guard, one from the Army and one from the Air Force, until 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. They will change guards every 20 minutes.

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Writer: The Universe Staff Writer, Tanner Pearson