Pepperdine University remembers 9/11 with ‘Waves of Flags’ display at the Malibu campus

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Pepperdine University students and personnel and community volunteers placed American and international flags for the university’s annual “Waves of Flags” display that serves as a Sept. 11, 2001 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday at the Malibu campus.

The university has planned for a short ceremony at 11 a.m. Sept. 12 in Alumni Park.

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • ROTC member Elizabeth Santana-Zavala, 16-years old, salutes after placing an...

    ROTC member Elizabeth Santana-Zavala, 16-years old, salutes after placing an American for the Pepperdine University’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the university’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • A ROTC member walks through flags at Pepperdine University’s Waves...

    A ROTC member walks through flags at Pepperdine University’s Waves of Flags display. Students, university personnel and community volunteers placed American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine student Victoria Feuer places an American for the Pepperdine...

    Pepperdine student Victoria Feuer places an American for the Pepperdine University’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the university’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Maureen Grace places an American Flag for the Pepperdine University’s...

    Maureen Grace places an American Flag for the Pepperdine University’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the university’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • A woman uses an umbrella to keep dry from the...

    A woman uses an umbrella to keep dry from the rain at Pepperdine University’s Waves of Flags display. Students, personnel and community volunteers placed American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American...

    Pepperdine University students, university personnel and community volunteers place American and other flags for the university’s annual Waves of Flags display that serves as a Sept. 11 remembrance at Alumni Park on Friday, Sept 9, 2022 on the Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus. Nearly 3,000 flags will be placed in the park one for each victim, including a national flag for each foreign country that lost a citizen in the attack. The flags will be up until Sept. 23. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

The massive display of flags — 2,977 representing lives lost in the attacks both Americans and international citizens — draws considerable attention at the corner of Malibu Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway.

The “Waves of Flags” tradition began in 2008 when university students were inspired by a similar 9/11 tribute. The flags are scheduled to be up until Sept. 23 on Alumni Park’s great lawn.

Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. pepperdine.edu; www.pepperdine.edu/waves-of-flags/

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