{"id":41837,"date":"2025-05-27T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=41837"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:15:47","slug":"sinclair-pays-homage-to-the-fallen-with-a-memorial-day-walk-of-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2025\/05\/27\/sinclair-pays-homage-to-the-fallen-with-a-memorial-day-walk-of-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair pays homage to the fallen with a Memorial Day Walk of Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAYTON, Ohio, May 22- Sinclair College hosted their Annual Walk of Remembrance. This is done yearly in an act of paying homage to America’s fallen soldiers in observance of Memorial Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States is a country built on military force. The reason the U.S. is not currently a part of the U.K. is because citizens took up arms to fight for their freedoms. Due to this, veterans are among the most respected individuals in American society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Military Family Education Center outside of Building 10 during the Annual Walk of Remembrance. Andrew Barnes<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the ways this respect manifests is in the form of Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a national holiday established to remember the fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinclair has joined in with a celebration of their own. The Military Family Education Center<\/a> set up a kiosk in front of the entrance of Building 10. Here students would find people to explain the event. This entailed a walk around the campus accompanied by music and the stories of lost veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, there were not many students that showed up, but still there were individuals that decided to partake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire point of the event is to remember those who have lost their lives in the protection of our rights; Brandon Harvey shares this sentiment wholeheartedly. He spoke on the importance of Memorial Day and this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It means everything because we’ve had fallen soldiers that fought for our freedoms and our rights as a country and it’s made it made our country united,” Harvey said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Brandon Harvey at Sinclair’s Annual Walk of Remembrance outside of Building 10. Andrew Barnes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To Harvey, the event doesn\u2019t just have symbolic value, but it also has a personal impact as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is like an important thing that we do just to remember their sacrifice and remember the sacrifices of future soldiers,” Harvey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather was not the best for a walk. The cold made the prospect unappealing to most students, even though there was a route inside the buildings. Even still, Sinclair made an effort to respect our fallen veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We show our respect to the fallen in various ways, some through quiet and solitary contemplation, and others through walks of remembrance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brave men and women who carried the nation on their backs to the last breath deserve the utmost respect and for their memories to live on; Memorial day gives the living a chance to do just this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Barnes, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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