ADVISORY/Veteran's Day News & Photo Memo -- Greater Philadelphia ROTC Corps to Hold Second Annual Veterans Day Observance at Drexel.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moment of Silence, Taps to Honor Veterans Event: Philadelphia's ROTC Corps, now consolidated into one unit at Drexel University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. , will honor past and present soldiers during its second annual Veterans Day observance. When: Wednesday, November 11, 1998; 11-11:45 a.m. Where: Drexel's Buckley Field, 33rd and Arch Sts. Background: More than 100 members of the ROTC Battalion, which is comprised of students from six Greater Philadelphia institutions: Drexel, Penn, La Salle La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. , St. Joseph's, Rutgers-Camden, and Rowan rowan ash tree which guards against fairies and witches. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 344] See : Protection , will make a grand march past the reviewing stand, a time-honored military tradition that allows a commander to inspect his unit's training and state of readiness See: defense readiness condition; weapons readiness state. . After a review of the cadets and an address by Gary Hamme, Drexel's Dean of Enrollment and Career Management, a moment of silence will honor past and present veterans followed by a bugler sounding taps. Members of veteran organizations, including the Association of the U.S. Army, Military Order of Purple Heart Purple Heart U.S. medal awarded to those wounded in military action. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Bravery Recipients, and the 316th Infantry Regiment will also be on hand for the Veterans Day observance. The 316th, a Pennsylvania National Guard The Pennsylvania National Guard is comprised of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. It is one of the largest National Guards in the nation. It has the largest Army National Guard of all the states and the fourth largest Air National Guard. Unit pressed into service during World War I, was rededicated last year as the official regimental affiliation of Drexel's ROTC unit. Visuals: -- More than 100 ROTC cadets in dress un iform parading in units by the reviewing stand. -- The cadets and veterans at attention as a bugler sounds taps. |
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