It was the summer before my sophomore year of high school and my family and I were visiting England and Scotland. We were in London for the day and walking around. We went to a park where we saw these people standing on chairs speaking on politics, religion, etc. Come to find out, you cannot speak out against the Queen (King) if you are standing on British soil. So, they get around this rule by standing on a chair or box at least a foot off of the ground. So, I stood there and kind of listened to this man argue with another man about something the Queen was doing, and then one of the men arguing looked at me and looked at my Auburn Football t-shirt, and he stopped completely mid-argument to say “War Eagle” to me. Of course, I responded back with a heartfelt “War Eagle.” We smiled at each other and then he proceeded to finish his argument, and I just walked away laughing. I think I got more “War Eagles” over there than anyone could imagine. It kept me smiling the entire trip and also has been one of the memories that has lasted from that trip. Thanks for letting me share my story and War Eagle!!!
Clay

This past July I attended the Auburn Football Fantasy Camp, and while riding back to the hotel in one of the university vans, I was telling Jim Lawson a story about my sister, Meredith Sutton (a 1981 AU grad). She had been to Wimbledon in England in June of this year and she passed a gentleman wearing an Auburn shirt and she cried out, “War Eagle.” The man turned around and yelled, “War Eagle” in reply and then gave my sister a high-five. After telling Jim this story, he immediately turned to me with his eyes wide open and said, “That was me. I was the one who gave your sister a high-five.” I then called my sister on my cell and asked her if she remembered the Auburn man at Wimbleton and she said “yes.” I then told her “Well, I’m sitting right next to him.” To make a long story short, my sister, who lives in Florida, is coming to the Auburn-Florida game and we all plan to get together (Jim, my sister, and I) to tailgate.
Craig Martin DVM
AU 1991