GREENSBORO – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today a conference-wide initiative to honor our nation\u2019s military throughout the 2011 ACC Football season at both the conference and institutional level. Each ACC institution has selected one home contest that will serve as its part of the effort. <\/p>\n
The initiative will vary from campus to campus, but all ACC Military Appreciation Days will have several common elements. Each school will host and honor a member of the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public\u2019s aid for the needs of injured service men and women, to help injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. Each school will also pay tribute to veterans during the course of the game and will promote the initiative through ACC Military Appreciation Day videoboard and ribbon board graphics provided by the conference office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Atlantic Coast Conference and its member institutions believe it is important to honor the sacrifices that the members of the United States Armed Forces make on our behalf every day,\u201d said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. \u201cWe are all dedicated to saluting the men and women who protect and serve our country and this collective effort is just one way for us to show our appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ACC will also continue its tradition of patriotism for a seventh year at the 2011 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game on Dec. 3 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Last year, the league invited two members of the Wounded Warrior Project to participate in the pregame coin toss and local Boy Scouts presented The Flag of the United States, which spanned the full field, during The National Anthem.<\/p>\n
The ACC\u2019s salute to the Armed Forces extends into the football postseason with its relationship with the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman. The Military Bowl, held on Dec. 28 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., seeks to generate broad support for the USO and honor the U.S. military as its core mission.<\/p>\n
For more information about each ACC Military Appreciation Day, visit the respective school\u2019s athletic website through the fall.<\/p>\n
September 10<\/b>
\nClemson vs. Wofford
\nNorth Carolina vs. Rutgers<\/p>\n
September 17<\/b>
\nBoston College vs. Duke
\nNC State vs. South Alabama
\nVirginia Tech vs. Arkansas State<\/p>\n
October 15<\/b>
\nDuke vs. Florida State<\/p>\n
October 22<\/b>
\nFlorida State vs. Maryland
\nMiami vs. Georgia Tech<\/p>\n
November 5<\/b>
\nMaryland vs. Virginia<\/p>\n
November 10<\/b>
\nGeorgia Tech vs. Virginia Tech <\/p>\n
November 12<\/b>
\nVirginia vs. Duke <\/p>\n
November 19<\/b>
\nWake Forest vs. Maryland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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