Full disclosure, I am graduating from Harvard this week. It’s a great milestone and was pretty difficult for me academically. It wasn’t as hard as my four years in the Marines, but what is? However, it was a great academic challenge and I am glad it is over. Like the thousands of soon-to-be graduates and our families who are descending on Cambridge this week, I was looking forward to the ceremony, the celebrations, the pictures and the feeling of accomplishment.

However, it seems like Big Government in Washington likes to keep throwing curveballs at my soon-to-be alma mater.

Harvard’s veteran alumni had to recently launch a fundraising campaign so that Harvard veteran graduates could have a ceremony and receive a graduation stole. Why? Because one of the many assaults on Harvard by President Trump included forcing the cancellation of affinity celebrations. So the school pulled funding for all celebrations, and the Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization had to raise funds so that veterans like myself could be honored.

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