Whitworth University Veterans Day Program: 2020

WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY’S 29TH ANNUAL

VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

NOV. 11, 2020

WELCOME

Phil Labrie Assistant Director, Veterans Outreach (U.S. Air Force Veteran)

PRESENTATION OF COLORS

Honor Guard, Fairchild Air Force Base

NATIONAL ANTHEM Kevin Partridge ’22 (U.S. Air Force Veteran)

INVOCATION

Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D. President

SPEAKER

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

RECOGNITION OF STUDENT & EMPLOYEE VETERANS

Phil Labrie Assistant Director, Veterans Outreach (U.S. Air Force Veteran)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mark Baird, Psy.D. Associate Professor of Psychology (U.S. Army Veteran)

COINING CEREMONY Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D. President

SONG, AIRBORNE RANGER INFANTRY Kevin Partridge ’22 (U.S. Air Force Veteran)

BENEDICTION

The Rev. Forrest H. Buckner, Ph.D. Storm Family Dean of Spiritual Life & Campus Pastor

COIN RECIPIENTS RENEE BARTON ’07

U.S. Army ROTC Collegiate Advisor for Whitworth

PETER BORG ’19

U.S. Army Vet Corp Navigator for Whitworth

SCOTT COLE U.S. Army

TYLER EUDY

U.S. Army Current Army ROTC Cadet

MARK FLIPPEN U.S. Navy

GREGORY HARMON U.S. Marine Corps

STUART HENRY U.S. Navy

LOYD PATTON U.S. Air Force

KEVIN PARTRIDGE U.S. Air Force

COLLIN VISSER

U.S. Marine Corps

CHRISTOPHER WARREN U.S. Air Force Current Army ROTC Cadet

HOW VETERANS DAY BEGAN Veterans Day began as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1926, Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance, and, in 1938, Nov. 11 became a national holiday.

In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation changing the name to Veterans Day in order to honor veterans of all American wars.

HONORING WHITWORTH’S VETERANS Whitworth University has a long history of support for our nation’s military. Beginning with World War I in 1917, Whitworth students both volunteered and were drafted in the military. One student, Harry Olson, was killed in action. Since then, Whitworth students have served in World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Several have paid the ultimate price in defense of the United States. Today, Whitworth supports veterans as well as collaborates with Gonzaga University as part of the ROTC program. Each year, we pay homage to those who have served the United States by holding a Veterans Day ceremony on our campus.