Remembrance Week 2021
Remembrance Week 2021
On Sunday, October 17, Remembrance Week began at Hendricks Chapel, paying tribute to the 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students, whose lives were lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy in Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988.
The Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars have several events planned for the week, starting with the Music and Message collaboration with Hendricks Chapel. The activities will include a display of 35 empty seats on the Shaw Quadrangle to commemorate the 35 SU students on the flight, screenings of two different films made about the incident, and a historical exhibition of the tragedy through the lens of contemporary media coverage as well as records of the aftermath of the event.
The week will culminate with a Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m. this Friday, as well as the annual Remembrance Scholar Convocation at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.
All events are free and open to the public, with the goal being to honor the victims of the tragedy as well as educate the campus community about the event.
Members of the Syracuse University community gathered to commemorate the lives lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. The rose-laying ceremony was followed by a convocation at Hendricks Chapel to honor the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars.