Nebraska remembers | Photo of the Week

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Nebraska remembers | Photo of the Week

by University Communication and Marketing
The rising sun shines through a flag placed by a student in the grass north of the Nebraska Union. The flags were placed as part of a 20-year memorial to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Craig Chandler | University Communication
Dylan Jensen, a freshman from Columbus, sets up flags as the sun rises on Sept. 9. Jensen said his dad has been on active duty for 22 years and has deployed twice to Iraq and once to Bosnia. He said his dad lost a good friend in Bosnia in 2003. Placing flags was Jensen's way to honor his dad and all who lost their lives on 9/11 and in service to the nation.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s observance of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks includes a flag display in the Donald and Lorena Meier Common green space north of the Nebraska Union.

The flag display was organized by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska and was completed by nearly 20 student volunteers. Huskers who helped place the flags included members of the university’s ROTC program, the Student Veterans of America, students who participated to honor friends and family members who have served in the military, and some who were inspired to help while walking by.

Madu Hadley places a flag in the ground north of the Nebraska Union on Sept. 9, 2021.
Craig Chandler | University Communication
Madi Hadley, a freshman from Gunnison, Colorado, places flags in the green space north of the Nebraska Union to commemorate 9/11. Hadley said she has several family members on active duty and this was a way she could honor their dedication to the nation.

A student places a small flag in the ground north of the Nebraska Union.
Craig Chandler | University Communication

Joe Brownell, Director of Military & Veteran Success Center, leads a moment of silence around the flagpole after students set out flags in the green space north of the Nebraska Union.
Craig Chandler | University Communication
Joe Brownell, director of the university's Military and Veteran Success Center, leads a moment of silence around the flagpole after students set out flags in the green space north of the Nebraska Union. The display is part of the university's observance of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

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