Nov. 2, 2026
Contact Brianna Lawrence at 608-796-3016 or brlawrence@viterbo.edu
ANNUAL VETERANS DAY SERVICE AT VITERBO UNIVERSITY NOV. 11
LA CROSSE, Wis. – The public is invited to attend the annual Veterans Day service at Viterbo University beginning at 11:11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 in San Damiano Chapel.
U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired La Crosse County Judge Todd Bjerke will be the featured speaker. Following his time in the Marine Corps, Bjerke served 30 years as a judge advocate for the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Army Reserves. He was a La Crosse County Circuit Court judge from 2007 until his retirement in 2023, and was instrumental in creating the La Crosse Area Veterans Court.
Also participating in the service will be Viterbo students and veterans Micah Beise and Jared Tomten. Viterbo assistant chaplain and veteran Fr. Conrad Targonski, OFM, will give the invocation and veteran and university Military Student Success Coordinator Bri Lawrence will provide the benediction.
A POW/MIA flag raising will be held in Assisi Courtyard immediately following the service.
