NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2012 Memorial Day Commemorative Event
Army Chaplain LTC Julie Rowan provided the invocation for the 2012 Goddard Memorial Day commemorative event.
The Goddard Veterans Advisory Committee (VAC) presented a Memorial Day commemorative event, May 23 in the Building #8 auditorium. Keynote speaker for the event was NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, also a retired Major General, U.S. Marine Corps. Attendees included Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese, himself a Navy veteran; Tuskegee Airman Charles Pryde; several Goddard World War II veterans; several members of the Wounded Warrior unit, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Goddard veterans and community members. This is the second year Goddard veterans have sponsored an event to honor those who have made the supreme sacrifice in defense of the freedoms we enjoy everyday. ‘In Memory of America’s Fallen’ was attended by more than 250 Goddard community members, and viewed by countless more at satellite locations and in their offices.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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2012 Memorial Day Commemorative Event
Army Chaplain LTC Julie Rowan provided the invocation for the 2012 Goddard Memorial Day commemorative event.
The Goddard Veterans Advisory Committee (VAC) presented a Memorial Day commemorative event, May 23 in the Building #8 auditorium. Keynote speaker for the event was NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, also a retired Major General, U.S. Marine Corps. Attendees included Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese, himself a Navy veteran; Tuskegee Airman Charles Pryde; several Goddard World War II veterans; several members of the Wounded Warrior unit, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Goddard veterans and community members. This is the second year Goddard veterans have sponsored an event to honor those who have made the supreme sacrifice in defense of the freedoms we enjoy everyday. ‘In Memory of America’s Fallen’ was attended by more than 250 Goddard community members, and viewed by countless more at satellite locations and in their offices.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Pat Izzo
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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