Todd Starnes
"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." . . .
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