Remembrance Week 2024

Gallery: The 36th annual Remembrance Week in photos

Remembrance Scholars embrace after the Sitting in Solidarity ceremony. The chairs on the quad, in the formation of seats on Pan Am Flight 103, remained up throughout the week. Leonardo Eriman | Staff Photographer / The Daily Orange

Lockerbie Scholar Anna Newbould lays her rose in honor of the “Lockerbie 11,” the 11 people who died on the ground when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed into the town of Lockerbie. Newbould is one of the last full-year Lockerbie Scholars. Meghan Hendricks | Senior Staff Photographer / The Daily Orange

Flags stand on the grass in front of the Hall of Languages. Each flag represents a victim of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Collin Snyder | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

Joel David Balzun, playing the baritone, and Scott Cuellar, on the violin, perform “Each Moment Radiant” at Hendricks Chapel to mark the beginning of Remembrance Week. The work commemorates the 36th anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Stella Bellman | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

SU junior Ava Krauss performs “Méditation” from the late 19th-century opera Thaïs during Remembrance Week’s opening candlelight vigil. Krauss’ performance was preceded by the annual recitation of names of the 270 victims. Mahika Mor | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

Following the recitation, which lasted about 15 minutes, attendees listened to musical performances and prayers before lighting candles to honor those killed in the attack and subsequent crash. Mahika Mor | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

Remembrance Scholars sit silently during the annual “Sitting in Solidarity” ceremony on Shaw Quadrangle. The Wednesday afternoon ceremony lasted 35 minutes to reflect the 35 SU students who died in the bombing. Leonardo Eriman | Staff Photographer / The Daily Orange

SU a cappella group Groovestand performs during “A Celebration of Life” in Gifford Auditorium. The event invited the families of Pan Am Flight 103 victims and current scholars for an evening of music, art, poetry and dancing to honor the victims. Solange Jane | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

Brian Turner and Kurt Erickson discuss their compositions “Each Moment Radiant” and “Here Bullet." The artists took inspiration from the effects of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, hoping to help others heal from the associated trauma. Jenna Sents | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange

Cameron Colville speaks about 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died during his year of study at SU. Colville is one of two students from Lockerbie, Scotland selected to study at SU for a year, though the program will change next year. Meghan Hendricks | Senior Staff Photographer / The Daily Orange

All throughout Remembrance Week, blue lights shone on various buildings across campus. The JMA Wireless Dome, Hall of Languages and Hendricks Chapel were lit to honor the bombing’s victims. Collin Snyder | Contributing Photographer / The Daily Orange