All members of the Bates community, far and wide, are welcome to take part in a virtual dedication of Veterans Plaza on Friday, October 9, at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veterans Plaza is located on the path between Bardwell Street and the Mays Center. It is a peaceful
and beautiful site honoring all members of the Bates community who have served and inviting
reflection by all on the impact of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The virtual dedication will include footage of the completed site and remarks from Captain J.J. All members of the Bates community, far and wide, are welcome to take part in a virtual dedication of Veterans Plaza on Friday, October 9, at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1045,"featured_media":19230,"template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_bates_event_start":"2020-10-09 11:00:00","_bates_event_end":"2020-10-09 12:00:00","_bates_event_allDay":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"event-tag":[17],"class_list":["post-18926","bates_events","type-bates_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-tag-virtual-events"],"start":"2020-10-09T11:00:00","end":"2020-10-09T12:00:00","location":{"rendered":"
Cummings \u201989, commander of the USS Gerald R. Ford<\/em> (the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier);
Congressman Jared Golden \u201911, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan; and several other speakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"