Tigers honored United States military veterans all week on MU's campus. During Veterans Week 2014, Mizzou hosted a blood drive, an art show, a vigil, film screenings and a USO-style comedy show, and ROTC cadets and midshipmen, as well as Tiger veterans, took part in Columbia's Veterans Day parade.
The week's guest speakers included 9/11 survivor Michael Hingson, Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer and veteran/author/speaker J.R. Martinez. Stormie Dunn, author of Silenced No More, speaks about post-traumatic stress disorder at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union.
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Mizzou held a ceremony on the east side of the Memorial Union to dedicate the new Blue Star Memorial, a marker sponsored by the Columbia Garden Club as part of part of a National Garden Clubs program to honor veterans. The dedication was followed by the annual wreath-laying ceremony and the National Roll Call. Throughout campus, trumpeters coordinated the simultaneous playing of “Taps.”
Cascading Trumpets
Trumpets sounded throughout the Mizzou campus on Veterans Day, as Tigers played “Taps” in honor of those who have served in the United States military.
Wreath Laying Ceremony & Blue Star Dedication
![Wreath at Memorial Union](https://news.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141111_Veterans_Day_506-940x626.jpg)
Every year Mizzou marks Veterans Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at Memorial Union tower. Completed in 1926, the tower was dedicated as a monument to honor students who died while serving in the military during World War I. The union's north and south wings and the A. P. Green Chapel were completed between 1952 and 1963.
![Jenn Cooper](https://news.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141111_Veterans_Day_489-940x625.jpg)
Jenn Cooper, a veteran, U.S. Army National Guard member and Mizzou journalism student, talks to the crowd.
![Carol Fleisher](https://news.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141111_Veterans_Day_365-940x626.jpg)
Carol Fleisher, director of the MU Veterans Center, bundles up to watch the ceremony. Fleisher is a recipient of the national Outstanding Public Service Award for her work with Mizzou’s veterans and active-duty personnel.
![Chancellor Loftin and Alice Havard](https://news.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141111_Veterans_Day_300-940x626.jpg)
Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin greets Alice Havard, president of the Columbia Garden Club. The club sponsored the Blue Star Memorial Marker.
![Speaker at podium with chancellor](https://news.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141111_Veterans_Day_170-940x626.jpg)
Marty Walker, director of administrative services for the MU College of Engineering, takes the podium. Walker is a U.S. Army veteran.
![Speaker at podium](https://news.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141111_Veterans_Day_192-940x626.jpg)
Alice Havard, president of the Columbia Garden Club, talks to the crowd. The club sponsored Mizzou's new Blue Star Memorial Marker, part of a National Garden Clubs program to honor veterans.