{"id":364,"date":"2009-06-19T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2023-09-19T19:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:12:32","slug":"honoring-alumni-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2009\/06\/19\/honoring-alumni-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring alumni who made the &#8220;ultimate sacrifice&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_365\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-365\" src=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/vetmemorial_750px.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The Ultimate Sacrifice&quot; Memorial\" width=\"500\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2009\/06\/vetmemorial_750px.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2009\/06\/vetmemorial_750px-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2009\/06\/vetmemorial_750px-500x166.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Ultimate Sacrifice&#8221; Memorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The UConn Archives has been a part of the efforts to honor UConn alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. &#8220;The Ultimate Sacrifice&#8221; Memorial was dedicated on November 10, 2008 at a moving ceremony on the Great Lawn, where faculty, staff, alumni and families of our veterans gathered to reflect on the lives lost.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the project, University Archivist Betsy Pittman works with the Alumni Association to document the &#8220;Roll of Honor&#8221;, a comprehensive listing members of the UConn community who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. For more information on the honor roll, contact Betsy Pittman at <a href=\"mailto:betsy.pittman@uconn.edu\">betsy.pittman@uconn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UConn Archives has been a part of the efforts to honor UConn alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. &#8220;The Ultimate Sacrifice&#8221; Memorial was dedicated on November 10, 2008 at a moving ceremony on the Great &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2009\/06\/19\/honoring-alumni-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NKyO-5S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10069,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/10069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}