{"id":13130,"date":"2015-11-02T15:05:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=13130"},"modified":"2015-11-06T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T19:24:38","slug":"esu-to-host-veterans-day-celebration-tuesday-november-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/esu-to-host-veterans-day-celebration-tuesday-november-10\/","title":{"rendered":"ESU to Host Veterans Day Celebration Tuesday, November 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"newshide\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 900px;\" src=\"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Veterans-Day-Celebration.png\" alt=\"Veterans Day\" \/>East Stroudsburg University\u2019s Veterans Day Celebration is Tuesday, November 10, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to recognize local veterans, servicemen and servicewomen in all branches of the armed services. It will also introduce veterans to the educational opportunities available to them at ESU.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will be in the Niedbala Auditorium of the Hoeffner Science &amp; Technology Center. In addition, there will be a military observance adjacent to the Julia statue at the front campus circle. Julia was originally acquired by East Stroudsburg State Normal School\u00a0alumni in 1919 to commemorate and honor the school\u2019s servicemen and women who had died in World War I.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker for this event is Colonel Douglas Douds, an instructor with the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. Air Force Veteran Zachary Roberts, ESU Class of 2018, will preside over the Veterans Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the celebration will include a wreath-laying ceremony with a three-volley salute at approximately 2:30 p.m. The celebration is open to the general public and campus community at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>At 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Hoeffner Science &amp; Technology Center, refreshments will be served and local veterans\u2019 organizations will host an information fair.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to ESU\u2019s campus may find additional parking at the university\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Innovation Center, located at the intersection of East Brown Street and Route 447 in East Stroudsburg. Shuttle buses will transport visitors to and from the Science &amp; Technology Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact June Pepe in the Student Enrollment Center at (570) 422-2830 or at <a href=\"mailto:jpepe@esu.edu\">jpepe@esu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration program is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Invocation by Reverend Abraham Gonzalez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>United States Navy Veteran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>National Anthem by ESU Gospel Choir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pledge of Allegiance led by Jesse Phillips \u201916, United Sates Coast Guard Reserve<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:05 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcoming Remarks from ESU President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:10 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote Remarks by Colonel Douglas Douds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:25 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Armed Forces Medley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Processional to Julia Statue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:35 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wreath Laying Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julia Statue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:50 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reception and Information Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoeffner Science and Technology Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESU to Host Veterans Day Celebration Tuesday, November 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143,22,42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-facebook","category-news-release","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13130"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13139,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions\/13139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}