You’d think there was nothing else happening in our great state – other than the Nebraska/CU football game today! Seeing that it is played in Lincoln, I thought this tribute to the stadium was definitely worth noting, especially since I didn’t know these facts. Thanks to my friend who shared this piece about “the good life.”
Let us NEVER forget why Memorial Stadium is Memorial Stadium:
Memorial Stadium was constructed In the fall of 1922. The stadium was named Memorial Stadium to honor all Nebraskans who served in the Civil and Spanish-American Wars and the 751 Nebraskans who died in World War I. Later, the stadium would also honor the 3,839 Nebraskans who died in World War II; the 225 in Korea; and the 422 in Vietnam. Construction was completed in just over 90 working days; Memorial Stadium was dedicated on October 20, 1923.
Inscribed on the four corners of the stadium are the following words, written by former Nebraska professor of philosophy Hartley Burr Alexander:
• Southeast: “In Commemoration of the men of Nebraska who served and fell in the Nation’s Wars.”
• Southwest: “Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game; In the deed the glory.”
• Northwest: “Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport.”
• Northeast: “Their Lives they held their country’s trust; They kept its faith; They died its heroes.