Pomp and Circumstance for #262

The 134th day of 2018 was the day of the 262nd Commencement at Penn.  And, on 5/14/18, as I have for countless other ceremonies, I marshaled at the ceremony on Franklin Field.  I love my team of FF marshals and we had a good day, even if some of the students were a little....well....incapacitated (really Penn '18??)  As my mom stated to me yesterday, I LOVE the Pomp and Circumstance of these ceremonies and today was no different!  So we will honor the number 262 (the perfectly palindromic commencement number for today) and listen to the original Elgar March that inspired the snippet we play for the processionals.  CONGRATS to the Class of 2018!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moL4MkJ-aLk

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