EULOGY TO HENRY SCHAAD

Henry Clinton Schaad was born November 1, 1946, the only child of Russ and Carrie Schaad. He had two half brothers,
Russ and Barry. He graduated in 1964 from William Penn Senior High School and joined the city police department on
September 11, 1968, after attending the Philadelphia Police Academy. He was married and had a daughter, Sharon. Henry
Schaad's father was a policeman, a 23-year veteran of the force who rose through the ranks to be chief of the York Police
Department's detective bureau. Henry, a graduate of York High School, decided to follow his father in his commendable
and honorable profession, long before anyone thought of affirmative-action designed to keep a son from following in his
father's footsteps, by thrusting minorities ahead of the qualified.

Henry received top scores to enter the Police Academy and was admitted to the police force at 21 in 1968. A hefty fellow,
he stood six-foot-three and started out as a patrolman. By July 18, 1969, he had been on duty just ten months. That night,
violence instigated by followers of Martin Luther King had engulfed York, as well as other cities around the country. Schaad
was among the "thin-blue-line" patrolling in one of the city's armored vans called "Big Al," pressed into service when
Negro rioting had begun in the mid-Sixties. Richard Barrett remembers when a similar tank had been used in Jackson,
Mississippi at the time nicknamed "Thompson's Tank," to put down the Jackson State Riots. It was around the time that Lt.
William L. Skinner, who is also remembered, was gunned down, in much the same way and by the same element as
Officer Schaad.

For the first time since before the Civil War, Americans, North and South, were facing common dangers and sharing a
common bond. Not just to keep the peace but to save their nation from beimng completely overthrown. Negroes, inflamed by
King, cheered by hippies, empowered by the Civil Rights Bill and masterminded by communists, saw what they thought
was an opportunity to bring down "The Man" and install their so-called "Republic of New Africa." Those such as young
Officer Schaad, wearing Badge 164, and the Newberry Boys, with little more than their fists and fury, set out to defend
against war in the streets, as did their compatriots, coast-to-coast.

At about 11:18 PM, as "Big Al" was moving east on College Avenue, crossing the bridge over Codorus Creek, a
steel-jacketed bullet from a Krag .30-40 caliber rifle, fired by Negro rioters, pierced the armor Officer Schaad was wearing
and shattered into three pieces. One piece hit Officer Schaad's shoulder, another hit his ribs and a third hit his spine,
shattering two of his vertebrae and paralyzing him. He was rushed to the hospital, where he fought on for two weeks,
until August 1, 1969, where, after telling his mother "I love you," he died.

Henry's father died of a heart attack in 1977 at 56. Henry's wife, Sonja, remarried and had twins. His daughter, Sharon,
is married and his mother is still living. His badge, 164, has been retired and his name is engraved on the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington. Every August 1, the police department hangs a wreath on the front door
of City Hall in memory of the only York Police officer ever killed in the line of duty. But there is no portrait of the young
martyr hung inside the building. When The Nationalist Movement laid a wreath at George Washington's Headquarters
in Morristown, New Jersey in honor of Henry Schaad, the former Mayor was invited to attend or send a message. He did
neither. When the City Council was asked to proclaim Henry Schaad Day as an official day, they responded by passing
a law banning those who made the proposal from meeting or speaking at City Hall.

Henry Schaad Day was opposed by the City Council, the Human Relations Commission, the Jewish Anti-Defamation League,
the Black Caucus, the Fraternal Order of Police and, even, Officer Schaad's widow on the grounds that it would be "too
divisive." The Mayor, even, fought Henry Schaad Day in court, until ordered by a federal judge, in a lawsuit brought by
The Nationalist Movement, to stand aside. Proponents say that King does not deserve a day, but that Henry Schaad does.
If America never becomes the "Republic of New Africa," if affirmative-action never robs a son from following in his father's
footsteps and if America never ceases to be the land of the free and the home of the brave, it will be thanks to Henry
Schaad. This Loyal Son of York deserves for his picture to be hung in City Hall, for this wreath to be laid in his honor,
here in his hometown, and for his memory to be perpetuated with a perpetual day in his honor.

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