Wichita State to hold Memorial '70 remembrance ceremony Wichita State to hold Memorial '70 remembrance ceremony

At 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, the annual ceremony of remembrance will be held at Wichita State University's Memorial '70, located on Alumni Drive near 18th and Hillside. The ceremony will honor the 31 WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a 1970 plane crash in the Rocky Mountains.

A wreath will be placed at WSU's Memorial '70 and there will be a time of remembrance to acknowledge the changes that the plane crash made in the lives of the victims, their families, their friends and the university.

The ceremony is open to the public. A continental breakfast will follow in the Miller Concert Hall lobby in Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

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