Memorial Day Ceremony Content / Memorial Day Ceremony Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en United on Memorial Day /news/united-memorial-day <p>Even if we didn’t know them, our lives today are shaped by the sacrifices of the people who came before us, speakers at last week’s Memorial Day Ceremony said.</p><p>The ceremony honored the 136 Gold Star Aggies who died in military service to the United States, and was held Thursday (May 23) outside the Memorial Union, the building named in their honor.</p> May 28, 2024 - 11:46am Cody Kitaura /news/united-memorial-day A Fallen Aggie, 20 Years On /news/fallen-aggie-20-years <p>ºÙºÙÊÓƵ will honor its 136 Gold Star Aggies — students and alumni who gave their lives in military service to the United States — at the university’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 23. <a href="https://memorialunion.ucdavis.edu/events/2024-memorial-day-ceremony">The event</a>, on the Memorial Union’s North Courtyard, will feature campus and guest speakers, a rendition of the national anthem and a reading of all 136 names featured in the <a href="https://goldenmemorybook.ucdavis.edu/">Golden Memory Book</a>.</p> May 13, 2024 - 9:00am Cody Kitaura /news/fallen-aggie-20-years Memorial Day Ceremony Spurs Deep Thoughts /news/memorial-day-ceremony-spurs-deep-thoughts <p><span><span>As a popular study spot, the Memorial Union is a common place for deep thought. Last week it became a place for the kind of deep thought reflected in its name as dozens gathered for the annual ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Memorial Day Ceremony, honoring Gold Star Aggies who died in military service to the United States.</span></span></p> May 30, 2023 - 10:34am Cody Kitaura /news/memorial-day-ceremony-spurs-deep-thoughts Honoring Our Gold Star Aggies May 25 /news/honoring-our-gold-star-aggies-may-25 <p><span><span>Nine Aggies who could have turned 100 years old this year never had the chance to do so.</span></span></p> May 16, 2023 - 11:00am Cody Kitaura /news/honoring-our-gold-star-aggies-may-25 Paying Tribute Beyond Memorial Day /news/paying-tribute-beyond-memorial-day <div>&nbsp; <div class="alert alert--warning text-align-center"><strong><span>Photography by DJ Nicholson/ºÙºÙÊÓƵ</span></strong></div> <p><span>Speakers at the Davis campus’s early Memorial Day Ceremony last Thursday (May 26) encouraged the audience and others to pay lasting tribute to the nation’s military casualties — including 136 Gold Star Aggies — by standing up for the American values for which they gave their lives.</span></p></div> May 31, 2022 - 9:20pm Dave Jones /news/paying-tribute-beyond-memorial-day Memorial Day Ceremony Returns in Person May 26 /news/memorial-day-ceremony-returns-person-next-week <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-right"> <div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/images/william-gould-vann-300.jpg" width="300" height="450" alt="William Gould Vann in pilot gear" typeof="Image"> </div> <figcaption>William Gould Vann</figcaption> </figure> <p><span><span>Seventy years ago, <a href="https://goldenmemorybook.ucdavis.edu/gold-star-aggie/william-gould-vann">William Gould Vann ’50</a> joined a U.S.</span></span></p> May 24, 2022 - 1:14pm Cody Kitaura /news/memorial-day-ceremony-returns-person-next-week Aggies Reflect on Memorial Day /news/aggies-reflect-memorial-day A group of students will visit the Quad later this week, but they won’t be studying or relaxing. They’ll be arranging a series of American flags, one for each Gold Star Aggie the university has lost in military service to the United States. Those 136 flags stand as a reminder of Memorial Day and the meaning behind the Memorial Union, and take on extra importance in another year when a traditional ceremony can’t be held. May 24, 2021 - 4:52pm Cody Kitaura /news/aggies-reflect-memorial-day Memorial Day Speakers Send Virtual Remembrances /news/memorial-day-speakers-send-virtual-remembrances <p>The Memorial Union may be closed, but the military personnel for whom it stands in tribute are not forgotten.</p> <p>The building, honoring Aggies who gave their lives in military service, would normally host <a href="/news/memorial-day-ceremony">ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’ annual Memorial Day Ceremony</a> this Thursday (May 21) in advance of next week’s holiday. Instead, the in-person ceremony has been replaced with a video featuring some of the speakers and attendees who would have otherwise paid tribute to our country’s fallen.</p> May 19, 2020 - 12:00pm Cody Kitaura /news/memorial-day-speakers-send-virtual-remembrances Names of Gold Star Aggies to Ring Out During Ceremony /news/names-gold-star-aggies-ring-out-during-ceremony <p>Thousands pass by their names each day, and this week all of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ will be reminded of their sacrifice.</p> <p>A highlight of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’ annual Memorial Day Ceremony,&nbsp;to be held at 5 p.m. Thursday (May 23), will be when ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Army ROTC cadets read the names of the 136 students and alumni who have died in military service to the United States —&nbsp;our Gold Star Aggies.</p> May 20, 2019 - 12:50pm Cody Kitaura /news/names-gold-star-aggies-ring-out-during-ceremony Memorial Day: A Century of Aggie Losses /news/memorial-day-century-of-aggie-losses <p>ºÙºÙÊÓƵ holds its annual Memorial Day Ceremony next week, paying tribute to our 136 Gold Star Aggies lost in military service dating back to World War I.</p> May 14, 2019 - 10:00am Dave Jones /news/memorial-day-century-of-aggie-losses