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Veterans Day Ceremony honors FUMA's fallen
The Cadet Corps of Fork Union Military Academy honored our nation's veterans with a beautiful and dramatic ceremony November 11, 2004 on the campus in Fork Union, Virginia.
As darkness fell, the entire corps formed up on Fraley Circle. The bugle sounded, the alumni cannon fired and the cadets began a solemn march to FUMA's Veterans Memorial on which are inscribed the names of FUMA alumni who gave their lives in the service and defense of our nation.
LTG John Jackson, President of FUMA, presented the Veterans Day Address honoring those who served and remembering those who had fallen. The names of those 52 alumni were read aloud and a moment of silence was observed. As the FUMA bagpipers played Amazing Grace, a wreath was placed at the memorial by members of the Lake Monticello Coast Guard Auxilliary and individual carnations were laid at the base of the memorial by veterans in attendance.
The FUMA Band played the familiar hymn "God of Our Fathers" and then were joined by the entire Cadet Corps in the singing of "Keep the Home Fires Burning." The Retan Rifles fired a 21-gun salute and the haunting strains of Echo Taps sounded across the campus, played by Cadets Donte Brown and Aleks Peterson from opposite sides of the memorial grounds.
Following the ceremony, cadet officers and guests attended a reception in the Estes Dining Hall.
A copy of the Veterans Day Ceremony program is posted and contains the names of those FUMA alumni whose names are inscribed on our Veterans Memorial. Photos of the ceremony are posted in our photo gallery.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Thursday, November 11, 2004 09:01 PM
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