Posted on 10/12/2016 6:48:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
The young men who attend St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy in Wisconsin know the names of the fallen.
Their names are recited every spring - young men, alumni, who gave their lives defending America.
Jack Albert, the president the military academy, believes the blood shed by his cadets make their campus sacred ground.
So when Albert learned that some of the high schools in their athletic conference were allowing students to disrespect the national anthem, he decided to draw a line in the sand.
“To dishonor those men and their families by permitting any disrespect of the country they defended, especially on the Academy’s time honored fields of friendly strife, is in my opinion, unacceptable,” Albert wrote in a letter to parents and alumni.
“It is our expectation when teams visit our campus, proper etiquette and respect is rendered to the nation’s colors and the national anthem,” he added.
And then - the military academy president dropped the bombshell:
“It is my intention to halt any game with any team whose players or coaches decide to disrespect the colors of our nation or the national anthem of our country in any way,” he informed the Academy family.
Finally! A school that's willing to take a stand for the red, white and blue!
"All of our cadets are taught to respect the United States of America," he said.
Their plan is to immediately halt the game and ask the opposing team to leave the field.
Albert acknowledged that such action would result in a forfeit, but he told me it was the right thing to do.
“To go ahead and let somebody come in here on our sacred ground and denigrate what we are doing — with a clear conscious I could not do that,” Albert told me.
Parents, alumni and cadets overwhelmingly supported the decision.
“I’m not going to destroy what we’ve had in place here for 133 years,” Albert told me. “We have a program here and a standard here. My boys know that if they would do anything that disrespected the flag or anthem they would be dismissed.”
May God bless the good men of St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy. It’s nice to know there are still some young people who respect God and Country.
Bless him. He will encounter those who will denigrate him, but he is doing the right thing. If our youth weren’t so indoctrinated, by their Leftist teachers all throughout our education system, to hate this country, none of this would be happening.
Bravo!! Wonder why it has taken so long for a school to man up on this?
Certainly hope they aren’t expecting to receive any federal dollars. DOJ is probably looking into this situation as we type.
Good, let them protest somewhere else.
I applaud him for taking a higher stand.
Excellent!
Thank goodness!
Good for President Albert!
You’re probably right about the thoroughly corrupt DOJ. The bastards will find some way to punish the school or imprison President Albert. Just look at what they are doing to Sheriff Arpaio right now!
Good for President Albert!
You’re probably right about the thoroughly corrupt DOJ. The bastards will find some way to punish the school or imprison President Albert. Just look at what they are doing to Sheriff Arpaio right now!
Good for President Albert!
You’re probably right about the thoroughly corrupt DOJ. The bastards will find some way to punish the school or imprison President Albert. Just look at what they are doing to Sheriff Arpaio right now!
Daggum right. Go back home to your mother’s cellar if you don’t want to respect our flag. In fact, leave the country and take your family with you so they don’t multiply!
There are things more important than football games.
Did you expect anything different from Todd Starnes?
I'm not saying to bring back the draft, but part of the problem is that we now have almost two generations that have NEVER lifted a finger to serve this Country and despite being at war really since before 9/11, have never had to sacrifice.
The same can be said about most of the lowlife that occupies DC.
Thanks for sharing this. It’s wonderful to read some good news, once in a while!
Yep. March the color guard under the protection of arms to the 50 yard line, forfeit the casual competition of the day and politely ask the opposing team to GTFO.
Silence is consent.
EAGLES UP !
You answered your own question.
Mega Double BTTT!
Replace NFL with this St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy. I would pay money to watch them the remainder of the season.
I buried men under that flag who died in combat.
I despise the NFL for not taking a stand at least as tough as their own NFL “shoe” policy.
#BoycottNFL
Polite! My Red, White and Blue Ass
I hate to say I’m a little out of the loop on some things. Glad to see he’s coming to the Swannanoa Valley. That’s my neck of the woods.
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