Wednesday, October 30, 2013

ROTC to Lead Veterans Day Remembrance at Widener University



Widener University’s Dauntless Battalion will honor our nation’s soldiers with a Veterans Day ceremony Friday, November 8 at 11 a.m. The ceremony will feature the Cadet Firing Party and the placing of a wreath by the Veterans Memorial at Widener’s Old Main building, which remembers alumni of Widener – and its predecessor institution Pennsylvania Military College – who lost their lives in combat.

Brig. Gen. Wilbur E. Wolf III, assistant division commander- Maneuver, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, will deliver the keynote address.

What:              Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony

When:             Friday, November 8, 2013
                        11 a.m.

Where:           Veterans Memorial at Widener’s Old Main Building*
                        14th and Melrose Ave.
                        Chester, Pa.

Details: Widener is the host institution for ROTC activity at the Abington and Brandywine campuses of Pennsylvania State University, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Immaculata University, Neumann University, Villanova University and West Chester University of Pennsylvania. These partnerships help make Widener’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program one of the largest in the region, with 128 active cadets this academic year.


*Rain location is Alumni Auditorium

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