Veterans Day Observance 2026

About this event

Join us for our annual Veterans Day observance ceremony saluting all who have served.

Guest Speaker – Marilyn Moriarty

Marilyn Moriarty is a prize-winning writer, the author of a textbook on scientific writing, Writing Science through Critical Thinking and the nonfiction book, Moses Unchained, which won the Associated Writing Program’s creative nonfiction contest. Her memoir, Splintered Chapters: Recovering a French Résistante was published August 25, 2026, by the University of North Georgia Press. Her essays and fiction have been published in print and online journals. She has edited and published her father’s letters in World War II Letters of Veale F. Moriarty and Bernard Marie’s short memoir D-Day in the Eyes of a Boy. She is Emerita Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia.

Free admission until noon. Guided tours begin at 1PM. Please bring your own chair. No food in plaza. No pets (service animals welcome).

Thank you to our Veterans Day event sponsors.

From National D-Day Memorial