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Notre Dame officially changes the lyrics to the Victory March to include women

At the Golden Gala dinner on Thursday night, Father Jenkins gave a special announcement. On Friday morning, the University of Notre Dame announced an official change to the lyrics of the Notre Dame Victory March (the fight song for those unfamiliar with the nomenclature) to include women.

Fr. Jenkins announced the lyric change last night at the Golden Gala dinner celebrating 50 years of undergraduate women at Our Lady's University.

Main Circle will also be reimagined to commemorate the historic milestone: https://t.co/qMq4qcAHqm pic.twitter.com/iIWjKHFP6n— University of Notre Dame (@NotreDame) June 3, 2022

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the decision by then-President Rev.