Remembering Fallen Heroes

In recognition of Memorial Day, the GW community honored fallen service members with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park. Interim Dean Gregory E. Maggs, a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, spoke at the ceremony, reminding the crowd that a number of GW students, faculty, and alumni have served in wars since the university's founding, and some have even made the ultimate sacrifice. "How shall we remember them?" he asked. "They were not mere numbers and statistics. Each of them lived a separate life, surrounded by friends and family and all the blessings of freedom."