On this Memorial Day, we celebrate the life of Lieutenant Commander Erik Kristensen, a 1990 graduate of Gonzaga College High School in D.C. and a 1995 graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
For Midshipmen, the stately homes have long been shrouded in mystery and viewed with an almost sacrosanct reverence. For more than a century, the august dwellings that line Upshur, Porter and Rodgers roads on campus have been occupied by prominent naval personnel, whose names appear on brass plates inside the entrance of each.