[181] Heroes' Memorial Topic of This Week's "MTSU On The Record"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 4, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

HEROES’ MEMORIAL TOPIC OF THIS WEEK’S “MTSU ON THE RECORD”
Names of Veterans from MTSU Community Inscribed in Granite Wall on Campus

(MURFREESBORO) – Dr. Derek Frisby, assistant professor of history, and MTSU alumnus Don Witherspoon will talk about the completion of the MTSU Veterans Memorial at 7 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 8, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 or wmot.org).
Frisby, a Marine veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and Witherspoon, a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, will preview the formal ceremony to celebrate the memorial project, which is slated for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in front of the Tom H. Jackson Building on the campus.
To hear last week’s program on the 80th anniversary of Homer Pittard Campus School, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “November 1, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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