A slow, methodic drum cadence from the Waukegan High School JROTC evoked strong emotions from onlookers, including Gold Star families, as the teens marched in the city’s annual Memorial Day parade.
The drum cadence is at 100 beats a minute. Every 10 seconds, the drums start, stop and begin again. Start. Stop. Begin again. All along the funeral procession of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. From the ...