When students at Texas A&M found out that the Westboro Baptist Church was planning a protest at the funeral of a soldier who was killed in active duty, they formed a “maroon wall” around the church to shelter the family and friends of the fallen soldier.
The students organized the event after the church announced it would protest former A&M student Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale’s funeral. He was killed during a training exercise at Fort Bragg on June 28.