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Memorial Day Event Honors Gold Star Aggies Through ‘Reflection and Remembrance’

Cody Kitaura — May 26, 2026 - 1:30pm

At last week’s Memorial Day Ceremony at �鶹��ý, tributes to the 136 Gold Star Aggies who have died in military service were all around: in the 136 flags placed on the lawn outside the Memorial Union, in the ceremonial reading of their names and even in the singer chosen to perform the National Anthem.

Memorial Day Ceremony to Honor Gold Star Aggies

Cody Kitaura — May 12, 2026 - 1:30pm

As the nation prepares to mark its 250th anniversary, �鶹��ý’ annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 21 will honor the Aggies who have given their lives in service of their country.

Memorial Day a Reminder to Serve Others

Cody Kitaura — May 27, 2025 - 9:05am

Last week’s Memorial Day Ceremony was a chance for many to honor personal connections and discuss ways to honor the memories of the Aggies who died in military service to this country.

The ceremony was held Thursday (May 22) outside the Memorial Union, which is so named in honor of the 136 Gold Star Aggies who gave their lives in military service dating back to World War I.

Remember Gold Star Aggies of 1945 and More This Week

Cody Kitaura — May 20, 2025 - 2:30pm

The 11 Aggies who died in military service 80 years ago this year will be among those honored at the annual Memorial Day Ceremony Thursday (May 22). The event honors all 136 Gold Star Aggies, the former students who gave their lives in military service to this country dating back to World War I and for whom the Memorial Union is named.

United on Memorial Day

Cody Kitaura — May 28, 2024 - 11:46am

Even if we didn’t know them, our lives today are shaped by the sacrifices of the people who came before us, speakers at last week’s Memorial Day Ceremony said.

The ceremony honored the 136 Gold Star Aggies who died in military service to the United States, and was held Thursday (May 23) outside the Memorial Union, the building named in their honor.

A Fallen Aggie, 20 Years On

Cody Kitaura — May 13, 2024 - 9:00am

�鶹��ý will honor its 136 Gold Star Aggies — students and alumni who gave their lives in military service to the United States — at the university’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 23. The event, on the Memorial Union’s North Courtyard, will feature campus and guest speakers, a rendition of the national anthem and a reading of all 136 names featured in the Golden Memory Book.

Memorial Day Ceremony Spurs Deep Thoughts

Cody Kitaura — May 30, 2023 - 10:34am

As a popular study spot, the Memorial Union is a common place for deep thought. Last week it became a place for the kind of deep thought reflected in its name as dozens gathered for the annual �鶹��ý Memorial Day Ceremony, honoring Gold Star Aggies who died in military service to the United States.

Honoring Our Gold Star Aggies May 25

Cody Kitaura — May 16, 2023 - 11:00am

Nine Aggies who could have turned 100 years old this year never had the chance to do so.

Paying Tribute Beyond Memorial Day

Dave Jones — May 31, 2022 - 9:20pm

Photography by DJ Nicholson/�鶹��ý

Speakers at the Davis campus’s early Memorial Day Ceremony last Thursday (May 26) encouraged the audience and others to pay lasting tribute to the nation’s military casualties — including 136 Gold Star Aggies — by standing up for the American values for which they gave their lives.

Memorial Day Ceremony Returns in Person May 26

Cody Kitaura — May 24, 2022 - 1:14pm

William Gould Vann

Seventy years ago, William Gould Vann ’50 joined a U.S.