The 2024 Remembrance Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery will proceed as planned even if there is a US government shutdown.

The application for the 2025-2026 VPAF103-Legacy Scholarships is now open. There will be one VPAF103 Fellow and one VPAF103 Scholar chosen for students pursuing advanced degrees at U.S. institutions in areas of study related to improved national security and terrorism prevention.

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2024 will take place on the SU campus from Sunday, October 20 through Friday, October 25. Remembrance Week will begin with premiere of “Every Moment Radiant” and will include the annual Candlelight Vigil, the Celebration of Life, the annual Rose Laying ceremony and the Remembrance Convocation.

Three virtual speaker events are each academic year featuring the VPAF103-Legacy Scholarship Awardees and others in national security or terrorism prevention. VPAF103, Inc. presents this series to promote learning about advances in support of national security and terrorism prevention and highlight the impact that our Scholarship Awardees are making.

Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. will again hold our traditional memorial service at the Pan Am Cairn at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, December 21st. The service will begin at 1:30 pm.

Allowing loved ones who have waited over three decades for a trial in this country to be able to participate in a way they are able, is true justice.

On Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 4 p.m. ET, Cody Gardiner, 2023-24 Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. Fellow, will present Ivory and Instagram: The Link Between Wildlife Trafficking, Social Media, and National Security as part of the Legacy Speaker Series.

Cody Gardiner completed his bachelor’s degree at Emory University, where he double majored in international studies and history with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Max Goldberg, 2023-24 VPAF103 Legacy Scholar, will present The Accessibility of Terror as part of the Legacy Speaker Series. Max Goldberg is an accelerated BA/MA in International Relations student at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, with minors in Geography, and Atrocity Studies and Practices of Social Justice.

Details about the 2023 Annual Membership Meeting

All attendees must go through security. 

With the USA gaining custody of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, the pursuit of justice has taken an important step. Our loved ones will never be forgotten, and those who are responsible for their murder on December 21, 1988 must face justice.