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I live in Austin, but am originally from Northern Kentucky (Villa Hills). I am in the Detroit airport, after having spent the weekend in NKY helping my brother settle the estate of an aunt who passed away. My brother and I are both graduates of CCH.

My niece was at the March for life, as was another niece's boyfriend - she attends Notre Dame (CCH's sister school) and he was in the group of CCH students.

This is what happened.

The students had free time, and were to meet at the Memorial to get on the buses to head home. As the joined a group of African Americans started to taunt them, an call the 'racists' and 'faggots', because some of the had on MAGA hats. They responded by doing loud school cheers.

CCH is a small school of about 500. Nearly all of the students are in the 'spirit club', and they have very well choreographed cheers - they recently won State in both football and basketball (and basketball is NOT broken down into districts by school size). They were voted as the having the best student section.

After beginning to do school cheers, they were approached br Mr Phillips and his drum. Initially they thought he was joining them with his drum, and they cheered him on. It was only after he got into Mr Sandmann's face, and played inches from his face, that they figured out that he was actually antagonizing him. When they did, and Mr Sandmann did not get intimidated, they started to cheer on Mr Sandmann. Mr Sandmann actually turned to one of the students next to him, and asked them to be quiet, because Mr Phillip's was still chanting.

These students in general, and Mr Sandmann specifically acted with the greatest amount of integrity and respect!! I am proud to be a graduate of CCH and today ordered some new CCH shirts to wear around Austin!

I will be writing letters to the Principal of CCH (who is a very good guy) and the diocese expressing my lack of support for their lack of support. But right now I support CCH 'with a spirit that will not die!' (from the school song).