Herndon Monument Climb Class of 2018

U. S. Naval Academy midshipmen from the Class of 2018 conquered the final hurdle of their freshman year during the annual Herndon Monument climb May 18. Every year, the roughly 1, 000 members of the academy s plebe class form a human pyramid around the 21foot tall Herndon Monument to replace a plebe hat, or dixie cup, that upperclassmen have placed on the top of the obelisk and with the midshipmen cover. Midshipman 4th Class Javarri Beachum, from Port St. Joe, Fla. , reached the top and replaced the cover