Assignment 2:

The building that I chose for this assignment was Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It’s the home of the Huskers. I have not visited this stadium that often. In fact, I can count the number of times I have been there on one hand. The first time I went was a memory I will never forget. I went to the game on September 11th my sophomore year of high school with my friend. A that time, I was not a Husker fan at all really-both my parents grew up in Iowa so they don’t really like the Huskers all that much. Anyway, we went to the game and got these special programs, and the friend that took me had no idea why we had received them. (Her family were season ticket holders so they all thought it was a bit odd.) But we didn’t have to wait to long to find out. At halftime, all the fans were asked to lift up their “pamphlet” and flip it over to the backside. Once everyone had done so, it was a beautiful sight to see. We had made the American flag throughout the entire stadium. It was amazing! Whoever thought of that is a genius. I was apart of one of the red stripes. I don’t know why exactly, but I felt extremely patriotic at that moment. In fact, it might have been the only time I have really had that feeling. It was bizarre in a way. I can’t really explain it. The only other times I have been there is just walking right by it while on the campus, whether it was visiting friends or what not. When I went back to revisit it this past week, I immediately thought of that game, with the “human flag” we had created. It made me smile. I was happy to know that somehow, that brought all the fans together (even fans of the opposing team) in unison; we were all affected in one way or another by the 9/11 tragedy, and we were there for each other-even for people we really didn’t know. That was just comforting in a way.