Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sgt. Dakota Meyer Attends Keeneland's Family Day

  • {Kentucky}...Keeneland's Family Day usually features Kentucky men training for the military, but, Sunday, Medal of Honor recipient Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer was on the sidelines of the Keeneland racetrack enjoying one of the traditions of his home state of Kentucky. Meyer says he has embarked on a new mission and is going to go to college in hopes of encouraging education in military families. Marine Sgt. Meyer said he did have opinions about President Obama's recent announcement to end the war in Iraq by the end of the year, but preferred to keep those opinions to himself. Sgt. Meyer said, "If that's the decision the commanders above us make, that's why they get paid more money than I do."  The horses wore camouflage saddle clothes, and, after the race, Meyer and all the jockeys signed the cloth. The saddle cloth will go on Meyer's website to be auctioned off and that money will go to a scholarship.