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UCF hosts event to honor, remember alumni veterans

Event will be held Nov. 8 at the Memory Mall on campus

FILE PHOTO - 1,586 flags planted on Memory Mall for each of our currently enrolled student veterans. (Copyright 2023 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Central Florida will hold a mid-week event ahead of Veterans Day to honor alumni who have served their country.

The event, called “Veterans Salute: Honoring and Remembering Our Alumni Veterans” will take place Wednesday from 9 - 10:30 a.m. on the school’s campus at the Veterans Commemoration Site on the Memory Mall.

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According to the college, the signature veterans-month event is hosted by the UCF Community Veterans History Project and is in collaboration with UCF’s College of Arts and Humanities, Office of Military and Student Veteran Success and Air Force and Army ROTC.

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There will also be more than 1,000 American flags posted on the Memory Mall, one for every military-connected student at the university. UCF said there are about 1,400 current student veterans.

Speakers at the event include Walter Napier III, Command Historian with the U.S. Army and State Rep. David Smith, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

To view more resources for veterans UCF offers, including Student Accessibility Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, click here.

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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.

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