斯坦福与 Palo Alto 合办第五届退伍军人节庆典：越战老兵获颁「勇气被」，纪念庭院11日献花环
据斯坦福大学11月11日发布的《斯坦福报道》，斯坦福大学与加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉县 Palo Alto 市、美国退伍军人协会第375分会，11月9日下午在 Palo Alto 的 MacArthur Park 餐厅举行第五届退伍军人节联合庆典，社区成员与退伍军人出席，向服役人员的服务与牺牲致敬。
仪式由陆军上尉 Chris Rieping（斯坦福硕士在读）主持，美国陆军特种部队中校 Tyler J. Jensen 作主旨演讲；Jensen 是胡佛研究所国家安全事务研究员。庆典上，越战期间在第101空降师服役的老兵 Joseph「Fighting Joe」Tucker Sr. 获颁一床名为「诺曼底」的红白蓝「勇气被」（Quilt of Valor），由南湾蓝星母亲会的 Donna Zolezzi 颁授。
斯坦福校友会会长 Michelle Landrey Cline 在致辞中说，去年6月授予学位的研究生中有45人是退伍军人或现役军人，今年又有10名退伍军人加入斯坦福本科新生班。Palo Alto 副市长 Greer Stone 也出席并致辞。
今年的庆典场地 MacArthur Park 建于1918年，第一次世界大战期间原为供士兵及家属使用的基督教女青年会招待所。11月11日退伍军人节当天，斯坦福在校园的纪念庭院（Memorial Court）与纪念礼堂摆放花环与校长信，表达对斯坦福退伍军人的感谢与敬意。
Stanford and Palo Alto Hold Fifth Annual Veterans Day Celebration; Vietnam Veteran Receives Quilt of Valor
Stanford University, the City of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California, and American Legion Post 375 held their fifth annual joint Veterans Day celebration on the afternoon of November 9 at the MacArthur Park restaurant in Palo Alto, according to Stanford Report on November 11. Community members and veterans attended to reflect on the service and sacrifices of those who serve and protect the nation.
The ceremony was led by Capt. Chris Rieping, a U.S. Army officer pursuing a master's degree at Stanford, and featured a keynote speech by Lt. Col. Tyler J. Jensen of U.S. Army Special Forces, a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution. During the event, Sgt. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Tucker Sr., who served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, was honored with a red, white and blue Quilt of Valor named "Normandy," presented by Donna Zolezzi of South Bay Blue Star Moms.
Michelle Landrey Cline, president of the Stanford Alumni Association, said in her speech that 45 of last June's graduate degree recipients were veterans or active-duty service members, and that 10 military veterans joined Stanford's undergraduate class this year. Palo Alto Vice Mayor Greer Stone also attended and spoke.
This year's venue, MacArthur Park, was built in 1918 as a YWCA hostess house for soldiers and their families during World War I. On Veterans Day itself, November 11, Stanford placed floral wreaths and a president's letter at Memorial Court and Memorial Auditorium, symbolizing the university's gratitude and respect for Stanford veterans' service and sacrifice.
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图片来源：图：斯坦福大学纪念庭院（Memorial Court）入口。BrokenSphere 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Entrance to Stanford University's Memorial Court. Photo by BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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