Posted on May 29, 2006

Michael Gillin '08
Memorial Day 2006


Dozens of students, staff, faculty and alumni gathered at the Flag Pole behind the Nott and Rugby field Monday afternoon to honor the College's veterans and members of the Armed Forces.



“We are asking the Union College Community to take a few minutes of their day to join us in remembering and honoring those in our community who are members of the Armed Forces,” said Gretchel Hathaway Tyson, director of Affirmative Action and Community Outreach.


A crowd gathered at the flagpole for Memorial Day 2006 tribute


The service included “Taps,” the bugle call composed by Daniel Butterfield, Class of 1849, who rose to the rank of major general in the Union Army. Butterfield composed the haunting call while in camp at Harrison's Landing, Va., in 1862.



According to the Web site, tapsbugler.com, “General Butterfield was not pleased with the call for Extinguish Lights, feeling that the call was too formal to signal the day's end, and with the help of the brigade bugler, Oliver Willcox Norton (1839-1920), wrote Taps to honor his men while in camp at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, following the Seven Days battle.


General Daniel Adams Butterfield, composer of “Taps”


“The new call, sounded that night in July, 1862, soon. The new call, sounded that night in July 1862, soon spread to other units of the Union Army and was reportedly also used by the Confederates.''


The call became known as “Taps” because it was often tapped out on a drum in the absence of a bugler call. It was officially adopted by the U.S. Army in 1874.



Michael Gillin '08 played the bugle call at the Flag Pole.



Among those honored at Monday's ceremony:


Faculty and staff:


James Adrian – Chemistry


Robert Babb – ITS


David Battin – Psychology


Donald Birch – Facilities


Kelly Black – Mathematics


Timothy Cade – ITS


Victor Carmen – Environmental, Health and Safety Office


James Clark – Facilities


Walter Cook – ITS


Dan Curran – Facilities


Paul Durivage, Jr. – Facilities


Tim Gerrish – Athletics


Thomas Jewell – Engineering & Computer Science


Terry Miltner – Facilities


Patty Richardson – Campus Safety


William Sickinger – Campus Safety


Donald Tallman – Residential Life


Frank Wicks – Mechanical Engineering


Dwight Wolf – Dean of Faculty


Michael Gillin '08 plays “Taps” at Memorial Day 2006 tribute


Students:


Caleb Bower ‘08


Kevin Calhoun ‘06


Pete Drake ‘06


William Fitzsimmons ‘08


Stacy Grant ‘05


Scott Maynes ‘06


James Montani ‘06


Douglas Richardson ‘08


Toby Proctor ‘06


Brendan Schaef – 06


UCALL:


Stanley R. Gordan


Harry Temple


Also honored were College Alumni who are veterans and those who have lost their lives while in service.


The program was sponsored by the Gospel Choir and Kenney Community Center volunteers.