/ Mark D. Taylor Content for UC 海角原创 en /news/memorial-day-ceremony-honors-sacrifice <p>Every time the United States has faced a threat around the world, UC 海角原创 students and alumni have been among those who took up arms to defend it 鈥�&nbsp;even if it cost them their lives, Army veteran Jake Smith 鈥�03 told a crowd of about 150 people outside the Memorial Union Thursday (May 24) during the campus鈥檚 annual Memorial Day Ceremony.</p> May 26, 2018 - 11:05am Cody Kitaura /news/memorial-day-ceremony-honors-sacrifice /news/memorial-day-words-photos <p>UC 海角原创鈥� early Memorial Day observance last Thursday (May 25) started with a crowd of about 200 people on the Memorial Union鈥檚 North Courtyard and ended inside the MU with people crowding around the campus鈥檚 new memorial wall honoring fallen Aggies.</p> May 30, 2017 - 10:42am Dave Jones /news/memorial-day-words-photos /news/memorial-day-ceremony-brings-new-gold-star-aggies-wall <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block "> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">AT A GLANCE</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <ul> <li><strong>WHAT: </strong>Memorial Day Ceremony</li> <li><strong>WHEN: </strong>5 p.m. Thursday, May 25</li> <li><strong>WHERE: </strong>North Courtyard, <a href="http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/?b=104">Memorial Union</a></li> </ul> <p>All are welcome. Ceremony will conclude at approximately 5:30 p.m. at the Gold Star Aggies Wall in the East Wing of the Memorial Union. Reception will follow.</p></div></section> May 22, 2017 - 1:13pm Dave Jones /news/memorial-day-ceremony-brings-new-gold-star-aggies-wall