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Students at Lincoln Memorial Told to Stop Singing National Anthem




A group of high school students attending a conservative leadership conference in Washington, D.C. said they were ordered by a security guard to stop singing the national anthem during a June 25 visit to the Lincoln Memorial.

�They told them to stop singing,� said Evan Gassman, a spokesman for the Young America�s Foundation. �I was taken aback. You wouldn�t expect a display of national patriotism to be censored."

U.S. Park Police confirmed that the students were in violation of federal law and their impromptu performance constituted a demonstration in an area that must remain �completely content neutral.�

�The area they were standing in and singing is an area that is restricted for this type of activity,� said Sgt. David Schlosser. �The United States Park Police is absolutely content-neutral when it comes to any sort of demonstrations in these areas.�

Schlosser explained that performances, regardless of content, are banned to �maintain a contemplative and reverent area for the Lincoln Memorial, for the other guests and visitors.�

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The incident occurred on June 25 as students were taking a monument tour of the nation�s capital. The decision to sing the national anthem at the memorial was a spur of the moment event, according to Shawn Balcomb, of Richmond Hill, GA.

�We got maybe two lines in and a police officer came over and he was yelling,� Balcomb said in a telephone interview. �He quieted us down.� Balcomb, 17, said the officer told the group they were being too loud. �I was dumbfounded,� he said.

�I didn�t realize there was something wrong with singing the national anthem.�

Schlosser said the students would have been in compliance had they moved approximately 25 steps from where they were standing.

�It�s not the content of their activity � that being the national anthem � it�s the location,� he said. �A couple steps and it would have been no problem whatsoever.�

Instead of doing as they were instructed, Gassman said the students resumed the song � an impromptu form of civil disobedience.

�If their idea of civil disobedience is singing the national anthem, then so be it,� Gassman said. �Let them disobey.�

YAF posted video reportedly shot just after the alleged encounter with the security officer. It shows students loudly singing the anthem.

�That�s the most offensive thing out of all this,� he said.

�They really did not provide the students a reason,� said Gassman. Balcomb, who is a high school senior, said they didn�t intend on creating a ruckus � they just wanted to show their patriotism.

�It�s not like we sounded great or anything,� he said.

�We just wanted to pay respect to our nation � in our capital.�

Schlosser, who commended the students on their musical ability, said the students were not cited and to his knowledge no report was filed.

�We need to make certain that all other visitors that don�t want to be a part of that or just choose to be tourists are able to do so in the same light that probably President Lincoln wanted � which is completely content neutral,� he said

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH? You cannot show patriotism in the nations capitol. Not PC ya know.

"the same light that probably President Lincoln wanted � which is completely content neutral,� he said"

That's beyond pathetic, and Sgt. David Schlosser. should be Euthanized, Taxidermied, an the resulting product put on a little automated wagon running around the monument preaching that chit.

I mean,....why even HIRE real People,....if that's the message?

GTC

I want to hear more about the frozen yogurt lawsuit.

Aw c'mon cross, you know what dwells in DC these days!