page_title: Memorial Chapel (University of Maryland)
section_title: Usage
hierarchical_section_title: Memorial Chapel (University of Maryland) / Usage
caption_attribution_description: English: The steeple of Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park.
context_page_description: Memorial Chapel is a non-denominational building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, constructed to honor those associated with the university who had lost their lives serving in the United States Armed Forces. The building, designed by Henry Powell Hopkins, actually is made up of three chapels: the Main Chapel, the West Chapel, and the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. A Vietnam Veterans Memorial was constructed on the Chapel grounds in 1988. The steeple of the Chapel is the highest point on campus.
context_section_description: The Memorial Chapel attracts over 80,000 visitors each year, and hosts upwards of 1,200 events annually, including commencement ceremonies, concerts, convocations, lectures, and weddings.  Weddings at the Chapel are particularly popular among Maryland alumni and members of the university community, as 84% of the weddings that have taken place at the Chapel had at least one connection to the university. Visitors of the Chapel include former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senator John McCain, Senator Joseph Tydings, and former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich. A Veterans Day ceremony is held at the Chapel annually.
  The Chapel is often used as place of remembrance and reflection by the university community, particularly in the aftermath of great tragedies; it has been an important meeting place and symbol during the Vietnam War, and in the wake of September 11, Challenger, Columbia, 2004 Tsunami, and Virginia Tech disasters.
caption: The iconic steeple of the Chapel can be seen from all over campus and College Park.
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