Veterans Day / Remembrance Day

Have an honored Veterans Day / Remembrance Day.

Picture taken at the Veteran's Tribute

 

Celebrations At The Veteran's Tribute

 

 

It was on November 10 1775 that the US Marines officially began. And to celebrate, there was a party in a ballroom high above the Veteran's Tribute.

 The 14th Annual Second Life Veteran's Tribute requests your presence in joining us as we celebrate 245 years of the UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS with a formal ball.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. SLT
DJ Flattop Ewing, SGT USMC (1992 - 2000), will be Emcee/DJ for the evening's festivities at the 14th annual Second Life Veteran's Tribute Venue.

 The event was well attended, with much conversation.

For today, Veterans Day, there are the following events:

10 AM - 12 Noon : DJ Lamby

12 Noon - 2 PM : DJ Baako

3 PM - 5 PM : DJ Perg

5 PM - 7 PM : DJ Lucious

7 PM - 10 PM : DJ Spyker

 WideWorld Vezuvio (121/127/22)

Veteran's Tribute Returns

 

Veterans Day, known as Remembrance Day in Europe, will be coming soon. And the Second Life Veteran's Tribute is back in the virtual world.

Welcome to the 14th Annual SL Veteran’s Tribute for 2020.  This is the 14th annual Veteran’s Tribute that we have put together.

The Tribute itself is non-political and serves one purpose and one purpose only and that is to honor all the men and women that have given willing of their time to protect the lives we enjoy today.

The goal of the Tribute is to provide a non-political, content filled, educational, interactive SIM inside Second Life where men and women of all walks of life can visit and provide remembrance and honor to those who have served in the Armed Services.

The tribute operates on a zero dollar budget and are non-profit; the entire tribute is built, funded, organized and executed on a purely volunteer basis. We have an organized group on SL called the “SL Veteran’s Tribute” if you would like to look it up.  This group will be used as the basis of our planning and scheduling for the Tribute.

The Tribute opened on Halloween, and is scheduled to remain open until November 17. As before, there are a number of exhibits around, such as Battleship Beach and the Canadian Memorial. The largest of these is the Memorial Wall, which is made up of bricks representing a soldier whom served (or occasionally a group) either from a recent conflict or one from the past. A few, such as Lothi Aeon, have been residents of Second Life. 

There is a stage, and so far there have been events most days the Tribute has been open. But there doesn't seem to be a set schedule, so to keep track of when musicians play and other announcements, one can join the SL Veteran’s Tribute group. At the stage was a sign for the Fearless Nation PTSD support group. People have also been invited to contribute to the Tribute's Flickr page, "Share your pictures with us we want to see it through your eyes!"

The Veterans Tribute is located at WideWorld Vezuvio (121/127/22).

Bixyl Shuftan

Veterans Tribute 2017

Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day as it's known in some countries, is in a couple days on Saturday November 11. And as it has every year for the past 11 years, the Veterans Tribute has appeared in Second Life. The place is mainly a memorial wall in which each of the stones have a name or names of many veterans, American, Canadian, and others, of wars current and in the past. While a few of the names are among the living, most on the wall either died in action or passed away in peacetime. The center of the tribute is a memorial flame surrounded by a ring of flowers, a ring of water, and the five flags of the five branches of the US military.

The Second Life Veterans Tribute Group is a non-profit organization made up of volunteers (both civilians and ex-military) who have come together to build a Veteran’s Tribute in Second Life. The goal of the Tribute is to provide a non-political, content filled, educational, interactive SIM inside Second Life where men and women of all walks of life can visit and provide remembrance and honor to those who have served in the Armed Services.

Visitors can request a new stone be carved in honor of someone by putting the name and some information on a notecard, and putting it in one of the mailboxes  There are also roses and flags near the start that people can get and place inside the memorial. There are also planes up for display, and a small POW memorial.

The Newser has reported on the Tribute for the past several years, including that of onetime Second Life resident Lothi Aeon/Jacob D. Borton, and when one Marine told the story of his fallen comrades.

The Tribute will be up until November 13th.

Silent Reverie (162/186/36)

Bixyl Shuftan

Second Life Veterans Tribute

Real life news has been dominated by the results of the US Presidential Election, and reactions to it. But other events go on. Among them the Sixth Annual Second Life Veterans Tribute. Made up of a memorial wall to honor American and other veterans of wars current and past, the Tribute has appeared in some form every year since 2010, built and set up by the Second Life Veteran's Tribute Group.

The Tribute itself is non-political and serves one purpose and one purpose only and that is to honor all the men and women that have given willing of their time to protect the lives we enjoy today.

The goal of the Tribute is to provide a non-political, content filled, educational, interactive SIM inside Second Life where men and women of all walks of life can visit and provide remembrance and honor to those who have served in the Armed Services.
The tribute operates on a zero dollar budget and are non-profit; the entire tribute is built, funded, organized and executed on a purely volunteer basis. We have an organized group on SL called the “SL Veteran’s Tribute” if you would like to look it up.  This group will be used as the basis of our planning and scheduling for the Tribute.

The center and main feature is the memorial wall. Each brick represents a veteran, or sometimes a group of veterans. While a few are still living, most have passed on or were killed in action. Among them is Lohti Aeon/Jacob Burton, whom had a friend in the Sunweaver Estates, and one group of Iraq war veterans whose story was told by a comrade who survived what they were unable to. In the middle is small garden with flags of the US armed forces around it. But US veterans are not the only ones honored, as is evidenced by a small memorial to fallen Canadian soldiers.

While there, I ran into AdamRamsey, whom had been on the team earlier but took a break,  "I remember when that thing first came out. ... Wow, it has grown. This is amazing. I can't believe I took a few years off." He told me he was going to get together with Wildrose Pevensey, one of the team.

The tribute is located at Crossing Sands III (16/124/30).

Bixyl Shuftan

Veterans Tribute in Second Life

It's Veterans Day, and what's become a yearly tradition has returned to the Grid, the Second Life Veterans Tribute. Made up of a memorial wall to honor American and other veterans of wars current and over history, the Tribute has appeared in some form every year for several years, built and set up by the Second Life Veteran's Tribute Group.

The Tribute itself is non-political and serves one purpose and one purpose only and that is to honor all the men and women that have given willing of their time to protect the lives we enjoy today.

The goal of the Tribute is to provide a non-political, content filled, educational, interactive SIM inside Second Life where men and women of all walks of life can visit and provide remembrance and honor to those who have served in the Armed Services.

The tribute operates on a zero dollar budget and are non-profit; the entire tribute is built, funded, organized and executed on a purely volunteer basis. We have an organized group on SL called the “SL Veteran’s Tribute” if you would like to look it up.  This group will be used as the basis of our planning and scheduling for the Tribute.

The main feature of the Veteran's Tribute is the memorial wall. Each brick represents a veteran or group of veterans. Visitors can request a new brick be built in honor of someone by putting the name and some information on a notecard, and putting it in one of the mailboxes there. There are hundreds of named bricks, and some room for more. The wall is set up around a central fountain with the US Armed Forces flags flying overhead. The main entrance is at a landing craft, leading to one section of wall decorated with a number of nations' flags. One can also place flowers, flags, or yellow ribbons at the wall.

Besides the memorial wall, there are smaller memorials around, such as the Canadian Veterans in Afghanistan memorial, the Fort Hood plaque, and the POW empty chair tribute.

The Tribute has been the scene of events in the past. This year, there will be several musicians, live and DJs, performing there.

4PM: Strum Diesel

5PM: DJ MaxPower Gordic

6PM: Lee Winegarden

7PM: DJ Bannock Ogg

8PM: Tristyn Homewood

9PM: Gibson

The Newser has covered the Tribute each year since 2010.  There have been a number of stories about it from Lohti Aeon/Jacob Burton, to one Marine whom made sure his fallen comrades would be honored, and more.

The Tribute this year is at Thundering Falls (248/12/22)

Bixyl Shuftan