Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we could not be in person to hold the flag ceremony but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the significance of the moment. As Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie has said, “For me, what’s most important about the NVRC is what the building represents. It’s about Syracuse University and our community, communicating a long-term commitment to those women and men who have shouldered the cause of the nation’s defense. It’s about planting that flag.”
Anyone associated with military service understands well, ceremony and symbolism plays an important role. Today was to represent both, in the context of communicating our commitment to veterans and military families. And while it might be, because of COVID-19, that we must forgo the ceremony – today will not pass without the symbolism. Without planting that flag.
View the NVRC live camera to witness – quietly, honorably, and without ceremony – the U.S. Flag rise and fly over our new and forever home.