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Northeastern Honors Veterans at Finnigan Plaza Ceremony, Awards Yellow Ribbon Honor

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 · Education · GSM News

Northeastern University held its Veterans Day ceremony at Finnigan Plaza in Boston on Nov. 11, drawing about 100 people. Retired Colonel Norman Katz, 89, received the Joseph H. Hefflon Yellow Ribbon Award. Mike Abrams, founder of the veterans career-transition organization FourBlock, delivered the keynote address. The ceremony honored more than 400 Northeastern students, faculty and alumni who died in military service.

Brett Sweet, the university's senior vice president for finance, was among the administrators attending. The annual ceremony is a standing tradition at the university in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Source: Northeastern University

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Photo: 图:波士顿东北大学 Dodge Hall。G. Edward Johnson 摄,CC BY 4.0,经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Dodge Hall at Northeastern University in Boston. By G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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