![]() 9, the army golden Knights Para-chute team delivered the game ball to Bridgeforth stadiumįor JMU’s game against the Univer-sity of Maine. The monument dedication was preceded by Harrisonburg’s annual Veterans day Parade, which also featured the March-ing royal dukes. i came out today to support the local veterans.” ![]() “it was a remarkable show and great support from the community. JMU student timothy norville, an army veteran who served in afghanistan and iraq, said it is important to remember past events that led to the freedoms that ameri-cans enjoy and that the event was a fitting tribute. In addition to speeches, the ceremony featured music from the Marching royal dukes, a ribbon cutting, reading of a resolution and a performance by the U.s. Your service is definitely marked by self-sacrifice, making you heroes in the truest sense of the word.” Goodlatte thanked local veterans, telling them they “are part of a long and distinguished list of brave, patriotic men and women who’ve helped to liberate victims of oppres-sion, spread freedom and democracy across the world, and preserve the freedoms that our nation was built on. Congressman Bob goodlatte (r-Va.), Harrisonburg Mayor Kai degner (’03, ’05M) and rock-ingham County supervisor Michael Breeden, said he also hopes the memorial reminds people “that somewhere in the world there is a solitary soldier that is standing as a guardian for our democracy, and for that, we should all be grateful.” rose, who was joined on the stage by U.s. rose during opening remarks inside the JMU softball stadium. ![]() The memorial, built near the entrance to new softball and baseball fields at Memorial Hall, is “a visual reminder of those who gave their lives for us and our way of life,” said JMU President Linwood H. 8 of a new memorial honoring Harrisonburg and rockingham County veterans who died in foreign wars. JMU joined local observances honoring america’s military veterans in early november, culminating with the dedica-tion on nov. PurplepatriotismJMU teams up with local veteransīy Eric Gorton (’86, ’09M) and Janet Smith (’81) ![]()
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