October 29, 2018
VU will celebrate Veterans on Nov. 8
VINCENNES, Ind. - The public is invited to attend a Tribute to
Veterans on Nov. 8, 11 a.m. (EST), at Vincennes University’s Red
Skelton Performing Arts Center. Annually sponsored by the VU Support
Staff Council, the Tribute to Veterans program honors veterans and
those currently serving in the armed forces. The public is encouraged
to attend the program and the reception that follows.
The program will feature several speakers, military
organizations, and singers, as well as video presentations.
Refreshments will be provided by Sodexo.
The Vincennes Lincoln High School ROTC will post and retire the
colors. Musical selections will be presented by the Civitan
Children’s Center.
Alex Sievers, director of the VU Military Education Program,
will serve as the master of ceremonies. A keynote address will be
presented by Dr. Randy Mills, retired history professor and instructor
in the Education Leadership program at Oakland City University.
A 21-Gun Salute will be presented at the conclusion of the
program by the All-Weather Firing Squad. It is composed of members of
the American Legion, VFW, 40 et 8, and Disabled American Veterans.
Annually sponsored by the VU Support Staff Council, the Tribute
to Veterans program honors veterans and those currently serving in the
armed forces. The public is encouraged to attend the program and the
reception that follows.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Randy Mills is a retired history professor and instructor
in the Education Leadership program at Oakland City University. He is
the author of more than 50 articles in academic history journals and
of numerous books on the history of Indiana and the Midwest. His many
writings have explored such topics as Indiana’s and the Midwest’s
political and religious cultures, military history, labor history,
Hoosier African-American rural communities, and the Underground
Railroad. His most recent book, coauthored with his wife, Roxanne, is
“Summer Wind: A Soldier’s Road from Indiana to Vietnam,” published by
Blue River Press in 2017. Among his numerous other books are “Troubled
Hero: A Medal of Honor,” “Vietnam, and the War at Home,” “Jonathan
Jennings, Indiana’s First Governor,” “Honoring Those Who Have Paid the
Price: Forgotten Voices from the Korean War,” “Unexpected Journey: A
Marine Corp Reserve Company in the Korean War” (co-authored), and
“Christ Tasted Death for Every Man: The Story of America’s Frontier
General Baptists.”
Mills received the George C. Roberts Award in 2006 from the
Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences for scholarly research and
writing. He has also received several prestigious research and writing
grants, including a research grant from the Marine Corps Heritage
Foundation and two CLIO Grants from the Indiana Historical Society.
This month he will receive the Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historian Award
from the Indiana Historical Society for his body of scholarly work on
Indiana history.
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