One of my boys is in the Corps, starting his senior year. It's there a way to sponsor a specific student?
Not trying to be cheap here. I'll throw in an extra $50 if I can, but we's po folk at Casa Longstreet. I'd like to at least take care of my son.
A little back story: we were there for the last Corps trip to Fort Worth, the last one I remember any way. We had 3 kids at the time, my boys would have been about 1 and 3 and their big sister was about 5 (we've had a few more since then). I was working nights, and as soon as I got off work that morning I hurried home, packed the kids and rushed to downtown Fort Worth. Got there a little late and the streets were already packed. I found the closest parking I could, we got out and quickly put big sis in her wheelchair and headed for the parade route. I'm not too ashamed to admit I used the sympathy factor of the cute little girl in the wheelchair to get through the crowd, and we made it curb side just in time to see the FTAB march past, playing the War Hymn iirc. It was glorious to see and hear. The kids were almost as excited as their old man. One of my favorite memories, my daughter waving her arms and making her happy sounds, her 2 little brothers sitting on the curb wide-eyed at the band matching by. We stayed until all were past, then packed up and went home.
My senior told me about the trip this fall, and how excited he was. I asked him if he remembers going when he was little. He said he has some vague memory of being in a big city and watching a bunch of guys march past in a band.
It's cool to see this come back.
