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Local ROTC Cadets Celebrate Veterans Day with Oak Crest Residents
November 11th Ceremony United Generations Dedicated to Serving the Nation
Parkville, MD—The military service men and women who are now residents of Oak Crest retirement community sacrificed for their country in the battlefields of Europe, Asia and beyond. Their deeds will never be forgotten by a grateful nation.
Seventy years following the conclusion of World War II, a new generation of service men and women are preparing to follow in their footsteps.
On Wednesday, November 11, seventeen cadets from the combined Loyola University-Towson University ROTC Greyhound Battalion commemorated Veterans Day at a ceremony with over 400 residents of Oak Crest in attendance.
The event began as the ROTC Color Guard presented the colors, escorting four resident-veterans of Oak Crest in uniform to the main stage.
Speakers included Michelle Baylor Brolo, a resident of Oak Crest and an eight-year veteran of the Army in Military Intelligence, Lt. Colonel Sean Gallagher, the Loyola University Department Chair & Professor of Military Science and Bronze Star recipient, and Cadet Kyle Rose, a senior at Towson University.