Our Legacy: Messmen - in their honor

It was 2005 when I provided you a history of the Messmen, the crisis of 1933, and the city folk of Annapolis who defended their cause.

It was a two-part chronicle of yet another spectrum of the amazing history of Annapolis. There are several stories that show a time in our history where our centuries-old biracial equilibrium is interrupted by the introduction of a third race. 

In the case of the United States Naval Academy, it was 1933 when the academy decided to reintroduce the Filipino worker to the City of Annapolis, and lay off all the black civilian workers. To their surprise and dismay, the community of Annapolis...