Photos: Veterans Day wreath laying and WKU ROTC Hall of Fame induction

Arthur Trickett-Wile, Staff Photographer
November 11, 2022

The ROTC Honor Guard march out from the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, on Western Kentucky University campus in Bowling Green, Ky, where members of the community gathered for a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony. The ceremony was immediately followed by an induction of two former members of WKU ROTC, Col. William E. Houston and Lt. Col. Doug Verdier, into the Hall of Fame. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
Wade Talley, 70, retired army major, delivers remarks for President of the ROTC Alumni Association Board to members of the Western Kentucky University community who gathered Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky, for an induction of two former members of WKU ROTC, Col. William E. Houston and Lt. Col. Doug Verdier, into the Hall of Fame. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
A close-up of flowers on a wreath on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on the Western Kentucky University campus in Bowling Green, Ky, during a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony. The ceremony was immediately followed by an induction of two former members of WKU ROTC, Col. William E. Houston and Lt. Col. Doug Verdier, into the Hall of Fame. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
Cassidy Bohman, 36, grandson of newly-inducted Western Kentucky University ROTC Hall of Fame member Col. William E. Houston, looks at the plaque made in his grandfather’s honor after the Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony and induction ceremony held Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of the Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky. “It’s a huge honor for our family—we’re all incredibly proud, and I’d say we’re in awe,” Bohman said. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
Fourth-year Hilltopper Battalion S-1 ROTC Cadet Theaira Thurston, a double-major in criminology and sociology, stands with the Honor Guard as members of the Western Kentucky University community gather Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
WKU President Tim Caboni delivers remarks as members of the Western Kentucky University community gather Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky, for a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
Western Kentucky University Student Government Association President and Student Regent Cole Bornefeld listens as President Tim Caboni delivers remarks to members of the campus community on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky, for a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
Head of the Department of Military Science, Lt. Col. Anthony Struzik, gives an on-camera interview on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky, following a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony and an induction of two former members of WKU ROTC into their Hall of Fame. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)
Head of the Department of Military Science, Lt. Col. Anthony Struzik, gives an on-camera interview on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 in the Nite Class room of Downing Student Union on campus in Bowling Green, Ky, following a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony and an induction of two former members of WKU ROTC into their Hall of Fame. (Arthur Trickett-Wile)