Veterans Day Ceremony

In remembrance of Veterans day, the President’s Office of Georgetown University hosts a ceremony. Featuring a number of guest speakers the ceremony recognizes the sacrifices of our military community. The MAVRC encourages the entire Georgetown community to attend. Directly following the ceremony, Georgetown hosts a social gathering where participants can come together in the hopes of strengthening Georgetown’s veteran and military-connected community.

See below for pictures from previous ceremonies!

2024 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker General Mark A. Milley (U.S. Army, Ret.)

  • Georgetown ROTC Color Guard and cadre members with keynote speaker General Milley
  • Ceremony in Gaston hall from the audience
  • Student veteran giving the welcome speech
  • General Milley speaking to a group of students
  • Reception
  • Reception in Riggs Library
  • General Milley and Dr. Fauci speaking with each other

2023 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Lieutenant General Anthony G. Crutchfield (U.S. Army, Ret.)

  • Speakers at the ceremony
  • ROTC cadet saluting the flag
  • Keynote speaker at the podium
  • ROTC color guard cadets
  • President DeGoia handing GUSVA president a flag
  • Veterans chaplain Father David Pratt at the podium

2022 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speakers Maj. Tahina Montoya, (U.S. Air Force Reserves) and Sec. Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force

  • Speakers and GUSVA members on stage
  • Speaker at podium from audience view
  • Speakers shaking hands at podium
  • Keynote speaker at podium
  • Keynote speaker at podium
  • Two speakers hugging behind podium
  • Speaker at podium
  • President DeGoia at podium and other seated on stage
  • Speaker at podium and other speakers seated on stage

2021 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Major General Tammy Smith (U.S. Army, Ret.)

  • Color guard in front of stage with President DeGoia at the podium
  • Speaker at the podium in an Army uniform
  • Army ROTC Color Guard walking tot he stage
  • Army keynote speaker from audience perspective
  • President DeGoia handing keynote speaker a flag
  • ROTC color guard members lowering the American flag
  • Army ROTC color guard folding the American flag
  • Choir singing in front of a microphone
  • Woman in air force uniform cheering
  • Audience members
  • Audience members
  • Keynote speaker talking with ROTC cadet
  • President DeGoia and Army keynote speaker talking to a woman
  • President DeGoia with students
  • Veterans Day 2021 Ceremony pictures

2020 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Commander Hannah (Castillo) Starnes (U.S. Navy, NHS’05)

  • Army ROTC Color Guard saluting the flag
  • Army ROTC Color Guard raising the flag
  • Master of ceremonies speaking virtually
  • Father Pratt speaking virtually
  • Keynote speaker addressing audience virtually
  • President DeGoia speaking virtually

2019 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Colonel Miguel Howe (U.S. Army, Ret., SSP ’04)

  • Speakers on stage
  • Army ROTC color guard with hands behind their backs
  • One speaker handing a flag to another
  • Army ROTC color guard in front of stage
  • Army ROTC color guard in front of stage closeup
  • Army ROTC color guard raising American flag
  • Army ROTC color guard walking in
  • Army ROTC color guard holding flag close up

2018 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker General George Casey, former Army Chief of Staff (Ret., SFS ’70)

  • ROTC cadets in front of white gravenor building
  • ROTC color guard walking into the ceremony
  • bagpipe player in front of the stage
  • Keynote speaker giving address at podium
  • GUSVA president giving speech at podium
  • Reception in Riggs library
  • Color guard standing in front of speaker
  • American flag with audience in background

2017 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Chuck Hagel, former Secretary of Defense

  • Speakers and ROTC cadets in front of White Gravenor
  • ROTC Cadets in audience in front of White Gravenor
  • ROTC cadets standing
  • Speakers in front of White Gravenor
  • ROTC cadets holding flags
  • Audience and White Gravenor
  • Keynote speaker at podium
  • Speakers and choir on stage in front of White Gravenor

2016 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Daniel Feehan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness (U.S. Army, Ret., SFS’05)

  • SVA president accepting flag from ROTC cadet
  • Keynote speaker at podium
  • ROTC cadets lowering the flag

2015 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Lieutenant General David Barno (U.S. Army, Ret., SFS’87)

  • ROTC cadets in front of white gravenor

2014 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, Army Capabilities and Integration Center director and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Deputy Commanding General (U.S. Army, Ret.)

  • ROTC cadets and audience
  • Keynote speaker at podium
  • ROTC cadets standing in a line
  • Man in military uniform playing trumpet
  • ROTC cadets lowering the flag

2013 Ceremony

Featuring keynote speaker Major General Robert Scales (U.S. Army, Ret.) at the main campus ceremony and speakers Louis Freeh, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Major General Steven Joseph Lepper (U.S. Air Force, Ret., L’91), deputy judge advocate general in the United States Air Force; and Lieutenant Brandon Stone (U.S. Navy, Ret., L’15), former United States Navy SEAL at the law center ceremony

  • main campus keynote speaker at podium
  • ROTC cadet handing flag to University president at main campus ceremony
  • ROTC cadets walking away from the stage at the law center ceremony
  • Keynote speaker at podium at law center ceremony