It comes every year in the midst of the holiday season. A reminder of a very sad time more than two decades ago. Our Bill Carey says an annual ceremony marked the anniversary of an act of terror over Scotland that struck hard on the campus of Syracuse University.

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Few have taken the time to read what's carved into a stone wall, just below names.

The story of an airliner brought down by a terrorist bomb. The 270 killed. Thirty-five of them students in Syracuse University's overseas program.

Few know the story of Pan Am flight 103 and Lockerbie.

"We celebrate Ernie Davis and Jim Brown and the athletic heroes. We celebrate great teachers. We also celebrate great students in various ways. And these kids were great students. I knew eight of them. They were terrific kids," said SU professor Larry Mason.

"To not have this would feel hollow and empty. I think we need to have a grounding moment on the moment of that anniversary," said Thomas Wolfe, Syracuse University Dean of Students.

The anniversary is also a cautionary tale. The story of an event that happened so long ago that many had forgotten. Few had seen the early warning.

"The biggest mass act of terrorism against the United States until 9/11. That's sort of a continuation, I think, in this campaign. We're in a period of 21 years now where the future's uncertain. We don't know what might happen. We know that people plot against us. And I think part of making sure that we don't let our guard down is to remember the past," Mason said.

A past that includes a dark day for Syracuse University. A day the university says it will never forget.