


Members of the Department of Veteran Affairs' Memorial Squad signal towards each other before a ceromonial service at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Memorial Day Monday, May 30, 2016 in Elwood, Illinois. | Photo by Christian K. Lee/ For Sun-Times Media

After a religious debate between Christian students and Atheist student Justin Gordon (center), Gordon allows the students to pray for him after admitting to struggling with cancer and being raped. Ravyn Rodgers (left) lead the prayer along with Caleb Santarelli (plaid shirt) and Charles Ellington (far right) on Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2015.
The remains of Tuskegee Airman and three-time Olympic medalist Malvin Preston Whitfield are carried outside of the National Cathedral on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Washington DC. (Photo by Christian K. Lee/The Washington Post)
Joey Logano (12) burns out after winning a NASCAR Boyd Gaming 300 auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lowry's Shelby Garrison (11) dives after a loose ball as Churchill County's Leta Otuafi (24) runs over her during the second half of a Class 3A girls state final championship game at the Cox Pavillion on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Las Vegas. Churchill County won 54-38. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Green Valley's Dylan Warr, green singlet, sprawls hard as Canyon Spring's Allen Frishmann shoots a double during a 182 pounder match at the Sunrise Region wrestling meet on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Christian K. Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The sport of Rodeo lays claim to be called America's original sport. Many of the events that spectators come out to see are actually depictions of what actually took places on ranches in the West. It is a culture that takes pride in three things God, America and the Sport of Rodeo.