University of Missouri

11/04/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/04/2024 08:53

Veterans Week 2024

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Nov. 4, 2024
Contact: Eric Stann, 573-882-3346, [email protected]
Photo by Abbie Lankitus

Thank a veteran craft booth

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8
MU Student Center (main level food court)

Create a thank you card to send to a veteran. The cards will be hand delivered by student veterans to patients at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital. All supplies will be provided.

Military appreciation day

6:45 p.m. Nov. 9
Memorial Stadium

Mizzou Football will honor military veterans during the Nov. 9 game versus the University of Oklahoma.

Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony and remarks

Noon Nov. 11
Outside Memorial Union

Shortly after the tower was completed at Memorial Union in 1926, seniors at the university initiated a commencement exercise placing a wreath on the archway's floor in memory of the fallen Tigers. Each Veterans Day, the tradition continues.

This year's guest speaker will be Col. Lindsey Decker from the Missouri Army National Guard. Decker currently commands the 35th Military Police Brigade based at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, and serves full-time as the director of manpower and personnel for the Missouri National Guard.