BEMIDJI — Ralph Gracie American Legion Post 14 member Harry Settle, left, raises the United States flag at BSU on Monday. The presentation of the colors by the American Legion was one of several activities at BSU meant to recognize veterans during the week leading up to the Veterans Day holiday. Today at noon in Hagg-Sauer Hall 100, Faith Hensrud, president of BSU and Northwest Technical College and a U.S. Army veteran, will be joined by BSU alumni veterans for a “Voices in the Field” panel. The panelists will share stories about their service.
On Thursday, Nov. 9, BSU will host a free screening of the documentary film “Almost Sunrise” at 1 p.m. in the Crying Wolf Room of the lower Hobson Memorial Union. “Almost Sunrise” follows Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson, veterans struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts in the years after they returned home from combat in Iraq.