Photography by DJ Nicholson/UC Davis Speakers at the Davis campus’s early Memorial Day Ceremony last Thursday (May 26) encouraged the audience and others to pay lasting tribute to the nation’s military casualties including 136 Gold Star Aggies by standing up for the American values for which they gave their lives.
by Cody Kitaura
May 24, 2021
A group of students will visit the Quad later this week, but they won’t be studying or relaxing. They’ll be arranging a series of American flags, one for each Gold Star Aggie the university has lost in military service to the United States.
Those 136 flags will stand as a reminder of Memorial Day and the meaning behind the Memorial Union, and take on extra importance in another year when a traditional ceremony can’t be held. Veterans, ROTC cadets and others who would have normally attended UC Davis’ Memorial Day Ceremony have shared their thoughts about the meaning of Memorial Day, and many of them are compiled in the above video by Christopher Selvo, a student intern in the Office of Strategic Communications.