CU Boulder’s Joint ROTC Color Guard removes the flags after Monday’s ceremony. (Gray Bender/CU Independent)
In addition to Armistice Day, Veterans Day and Remembrance Day, Nov. 11 is also the birthday of Colorado’s official memorial to veterans.
Veterans, active duty members, ROTC students and parents met in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at 11 a.m. Monday to rededicate the University Memorial Center.
Rear Admiral Kerry M. Metz honors veterans and the University of Colorado during the annual Veterans Day Ceremony in the University Memorial Center. Rear Adm. Metz touched on personal experience as well as historic stories to emphasize the honor and integrity of the nation’s veterans. (Gray Bender/CU Independent)
In honor of the UMC’s 60th anniversary, speakers included Rear Admiral Kerry M. Metz and Major General H. Michael Edwards.
“Usually they don’t have people that high in rank,” said Benjamin Peterson, a junior psychology major and 21-year-old ROTC member.
Peterson said he’s been at the UMC for Veterans Day the last three years. In comparison, Monday’s event was “pretty good,” he said.
Although promised last week, Gov. John Hickenlooper did not attend the ceremony.
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Kelly Ragan at Kelly.ragan@colorado.edu.
