Damascus Principal Jennifer Webster Addresses National Anthem, Freedom of Speech
by MoCoFootball Staff on 09/15/16
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Michael Cornejo, MOCOfootball.com Message Board username: MikeCornejo |
Damascus Principal Jennifer
Webster penned an open letter addressed to the Damascus Community regarding the
National Anthem.
That was in effect a response to Watkins Mill football players who took a knee during the playing of the anthem before the 'Rines game versus Gaithersburg on September 9.
"We just wanted to make a statement," said Markel Grant, one of the Watkins Mill team captains who took a knee, "that America is not what you think it is."
Watkins Mill High School scheduled a town hall meeting today that invited students and staff to discuss freedom of speech.
Damascus hosts Watkins Mill this Friday. The game's theme is "Maryland Pride." The school sold red t-shirts with a Maryland flag, a Damascus hornet logo, with "The Swarm" emblazoned in front of it.
Meanwhile in the NFL, Miami Dolphins LB Jelani Jenkins- a Good Counsel Alum- who joined teammates Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, and Kenny Stills in taking a knee during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner before their game with the Seahawks on September 11 writes on Time Magazine his reasons for taking a knee during the song, "And why it's time to stand up."
Jenkins writes, "this is not about football, the flag, the military, o Jelani Jenkins. This is about the message: equality for all."
Relating conversations on The Board: