On June 7, I drove to Florence as an invited guest of a graduating student of the West Florence High School, a major day of celebration and personal achievement for my young friend and his family.
As I observed the commencement from my seat in the Florence Civic Center, a few questions came to mind.
The educators on stage and in attendance were in street clothes.
There was no keynote speaker to send the students into the future. It seemed to me as an observer there was a “let’s get this over with” attitude.
But the reason I was driven to write this letter is really what was missing from this ceremony that truly concerns me as much as it offended me, and this was that someone or some group of persons involved with the education of the students at West Florence High School decided not to have an invocation or to have the school band that was present play the National Anthem of the United States of America.
It saddens me deeply that the country I love is falling so quickly to the powers of political correctness.
So, let me say to the students of Florence: “May God bless you all and God bless the United States of America.”
Manning Harvey III
U.S. Navy Retired
Charleston
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