Sonny Fulks is a graduate of Ohio State University where he pitched four varsity seasons for the Buckeyes from 1971 through 1974. He furthered his baseball experience as a minor league umpire for seven seasons, working for the Florida State League (A), the Southern League (AA), and the American Association (AAA). He has written for numerous websites, and for the past fourteen years has served as columnist and photo editor for The Gettysburg Magazine, published by the University of Nebraska Press, in Lincoln Nebraska. His interests include history, support for amateur baseball, the outdoors, and he has a music degree from Ohio State University.
All my life I’ve observed the traditions of Memorial Day - the soldiers and service men and women who gave their lives so that we can live to pursue a destiny. And progressive thinking about an imperfect world is no reason for any of us to stop - not until we understand how Memorial Day came to be in the first place.