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Plebes No More : Naval Academy Class of 2024 Puts Cover at the Top of Herndon Monument Naval Academy freshmen, or plebes, climb the Herndon Monument, a tradition symbolizing the successful completion of the midshipmen freshman year, May 20, 2019. (Josiah D. Pearce/U.S. Navy) 24 May 2021 The Capital, Annapolis, Md. | By Danielle Ohl The Naval Academy Class of 2024 almost set a new record in their effort to scale the Herndon Monument just maybe not the one they had hoped for. The now 4th class midshipmen Saturday recorded the second-slowest Herndon Climb in Naval Academy history at 3 hours, 41 minutes exactly. As the plebes fought their way to the top of the 21-foot obelisk, slick with water and shortening, the cannon signaling three and a half hours had passed boomed out over the Yard. Groans and chants of we suck rippled through the exhausted hoard, covered in grass, mud ....
The now 4th class midshipmen made history Saturday recording the second-slowest Herndon Climb in Naval Academy history at 3 hours, 41 minutes exactly. ....
'Plebes no more': Naval Academy Class of 2024 puts cover at the top of Herndon Monument stripes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stripes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Follow along on the Herndon Climb which began today at 1:30 p.m. as plebes work toward the monument's top to replace the "dixie cup" with an upperclassmen's hat. ....