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Celebrating the 50th: UTSA's first flag raising ceremony

Celebrating the 50th: UTSA's first flag raising ceremony

ROTC cadets participate in ceremony that sees flags fly over the new campus for the first time.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the UTSA newsletter The Roadrunner, Sept. 6, 1977.

(May 24, 2019) -- The first raising of national and state flags over the new UTSA campus will be conducted in ceremonies on Wednesday, September 7 on the university’s central plaza.

Cadets from the St. Mary’s University Army ROTC, which includes students from UTSA as well as from St. Mary’s and other universities, will present colors and conduct the flag raising.

>> Read the rest of this story and relive other memories from UTSA’s history as we celebrate UTSA’s 50th Anniversary.


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