Veterans Remembered and Celebrated at Boston College Mass and Ceremony [Video]
Veterans Day allows soldiers and civilians to come together and remember those who fought for their country and may have given the ultimate sacrifice.
It may have started off as a cold and windy Friday morning, but that did not stop people from pouring into St. Ignatius Church at Boston College for the 11th Annual Veterans Remembrance Mass. “Veterans know how to serve, especially in the worst of circumstances,” said Father Anthony Penna, who lead the Veterans Day service. Penna went to tell a story of unwavering courage, patriotism and solidarity that soldiers in Vietnam prison camps upheld. He spoke to the power of their belief in the greater good and their pure unwillingness to give up. Following the traditional Catholic Mass, more than 100 people headed over to the University’s Veterans’ Memorial on the Burns Library lawn for a remembrance ceremony. Cadet Robert Olp began the …
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