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My $0.02 on the folks during the National Anthem
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My $0.02 on the folks during the National Anthem


Nov 14, 2011, 9:19 PM

Let me first start out by saying that these are my views, and my views only.

Basically it comes down to what you consider important. Do you think that getting to your seat, talking to your friend, or texting on the phone is more important than showing some kind of respect to the National Anthem? It comes down to your priorities. What is important to you?

I attended the Veterans Day ceremony at the Scroll of Honor this past Friday, and to see the late Capt Mark Stubenhofer's wife read her husband's name among those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice in their service to our country makes me WANT to stand there, at attention, during the National Anthem. To see Mrs. Stubenhofer, while her young, fatherless children on the front row, huddled under a blanket while their mother reads their father's name while trying to hold back a steady stream of tears makes me WANT to respect that thing some refer to only as a song. To see Capt Kimberly Hampton's mother and father stand up and read their daughter's name simultaneously from a list of those no longer with us, those that paid for MY freedom by giving more than any of us have ever given makes me WANT to respect the thing that some refer to as only a piece of cloth.

I don't care where I am or what is going on -- as long as I am able, my ### is out of my seat standing at the position of attention when not in uniform or saluting while in uniform. If I am driving my car, and I hear it or see others stopping and saluting, I will pull over.

It isn't about some song, it isn't about some piece of cloth, BUT, those things represent those that stand in harms way while I stand in the bleachers of Memorial Stadium. No tailgating, no football throwing, no fear of my child acting up, and no concern of me missing the game or the Tigers running down the Hill will EVER come as a higher priority than me paying respect to my country. Ever.

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