Events & observances
Victory by Valor is activated through military observance days: student assembly screenings, Did-You-Know vignettes, the panel on what makes a hero, JROTC programming and the speaker's bureau. Dates are announced through the Foundation.
The observances
Four days on the calendar.
11 NovVeterans Day
The Foundation's anchor observance: student assembly screenings and the panel — the price of liberty, the heroism of those who served, and a personal way to serve those who served.
Dates announced through the Foundation
Last Mon · MayMemorial Day
Screenings and Did-You-Know vignettes for those who gave everything — with the mini-exhibit of military memorabilia where it travels.
Dates announced through the Foundation
15 AprJackie Robinson Day
The day all of baseball wears 42. The Lt. Jackie Robinson vignette — the bus, the court-martial, the acquittal — for classrooms and JROTC units.
Dates announced through the Foundation
26 JulExecutive Order 9981
The 1948 order that desegregated the armed forces — the hinge of the Victory by Valor timeline and the apprentice-produced sizzle.
Dates announced through the Foundation
Memorial Day · remembrance editions
Remember & Honor
Memorial Day 2027 and 2028 — the Triple Victory spotlight.
2027
A remembrance edition of the Victory by Valor spotlight — the heroes in two uniforms and the Black American Olympians who served.
Venue, time and programme announced through the Foundation
2028
A remembrance edition of the Victory by Valor spotlight — the heroes in two uniforms and the Black American Olympians who served.
Venue, time and programme announced through the Foundation
The birthdays · for research projects
Five more reasons.
What happens on the day
A screening of that hero’s vignette, the birthday block from his dossier for research projects, and the panel question: what is a hero — and where is the hero in you?