For the first time in over two decades, a flag flies proudly over Lane Hall, and three veterans helped make it happen for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.

Last Friday, a crew from the university’s facilities department arrived with the equipment to add the final pieces of hardware needed to hoist the Corps of Cadets flag onto the pole. Three members of the crew are veterans — Stephen Davis, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Benjamin Brown, who served in the U.S. Army, did the work more than 100 feet in the air, and Wesley Woodyard, also a former Marine, assisted from the ground.

“I’m just glad I can help, and I hope people enjoy it,” Brown said of the flag. “I appreciate all the things the troops do, and good luck to all the cadets.”

