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Veterans Day at UCC

Each year on Veterans Day (November 11), we pause to honor the courage, dedication, and sacrifice of the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Their commitment to protecting our freedoms and communities continues to inspire gratitude and reflection.

To observe this national holiday, UCC campus and the UCC Library will be closed on Tuesday November 11. Regular hours and services will resume on Wednesday, November 12.

As we take this day to reflect, we encourage our community to explore resources that share the stories and experiences of veterans across generations:

Featured books and eBooks:

• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

• ‪150 years of Oregon veterans presented by the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs.

• ‪For love of country: what our veterans can teach us about citizenship, heroism, and sacrifice by Howard Shultz and Rajib Chandrasekaran

Check out our Databases to learn more:

• Academic Search Complete: Happiness in US military veterans: Results from a nationally representative study, and Re-evaluating disability assessment in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

• Gale Academic OneFile: INTO THE EXTREMES: How US Military engineers conquered sand, snow, and stardust, and Veterans Training Service Dogs for Other Veterans: An Animal-Assisted Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Watch and Learn on Kanopy:

• The Vietnam War, A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

• Service: When Women Come Marching Home

Veterans Day is more than a date on the calendar—it’s a time to honor those who have served and to recognize their lasting impact on our nation’s history and future.

About the Observance

Each year, on 24 March, the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed.

The purpose of the Day is to:

• Honor the memory of victims of gross and systematic human rights violations and promote the importance of the right to truth and justice;
• Pay tribute to those who have devoted their lives to, and lost their lives in, the struggle to promote and protect human rights for all;
• Recognize, in particular, the important work and values of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, of El Salvador, who was assassinated on 24 March 1980, after denouncing violations of the human rights of the most vulnerable populations and defending the principles of protecting lives, promoting human dignity and opposition to all forms of violence.

For more on this topic from the United Nations, click here.

Want to dig even deeper? Explore articles related to human rights in our library databases. Not sure where to start? Try doing a topic search in our Discovery Service using the main search box on the library home page.

Women's Rights are Human Rights

Continue the celebration of amazing women and learn more about challenges faced, struggles won, and ceilings shattered in award-winning films available through Kanopy.