VMI will observe the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by dedicating two plaques honoring alumni who have died in service to the United States. The plaques will be unveiled in a brief ceremony during a parade by the VMI Corps of Cadets Friday, September 9, at 4:35 p.m. on the VMI Parade Ground.
One of the plaques honors alumni killed in the Vietnam War, and the other honors alumni killed in the Persian Gulf War and during the decade since the beginning of the war on terrorism.
Partial funding for the plaque was donated by a group of alumni and friends, Brother Rats Run to Remember. Seventeen alumni ran in eight marathons and half-marathons over four years to raise more than $2,500 for the memorial.
