Today marks 106 years since my great uncle, PVT Sylvester Stephen Payne, died of pneumonia in France on the final day of WWI. His last letter home to his father, my great grandfather, was written two months earlier.
I get why the Yankees started playing that song following 9/11, but 24 years later…Come on. There was a time not long ago where you weren’t allowed to leave your seat while it played. It’s not the national anthem as you point out. What’s next, standing and silence for the starting lineup?
