Thanks, for doing this honoring Matthew. It is so heart wrenching and sad what happened to him. No one should suffer as he did because, of his sexuality. Before this tragic situation happened what I've heard he went through another abusive situation in the area where he was originally from.
R.I.P. Matthew. He definitely did not deserve to die such a horrific, horrible death! At least he is in the Lord,s care now. Thanks again Steve for taking us on this trip with you. Thanks for the video of this beautiful cathedral!❤
Most straight men could care less if a man wants sex with another man. Those who do care I always believe feel threatened by gay men because they have gay feelings themselves.
I remember when the 2 suspects got handed their sentence in court and I was appalled by their disgusting girlfriends breaking down in tears in court. How could anyone still be supportive over a couple soulless monsters who beat an innocent kid to death because of his sexual orientation?!! Such a tragedy
This must have been one of the saddest, senseless and gruesome murders I ever heard about 😢. The depths of deprivation some “people” seem to be able to reach is mind boggling. Thanks for this upload, Steve. Rest In Peace, sweet Matthew 🏳️🌈❤️.
I will never forget when this happend. It was a horrible hate crime that still turns my stomach to think of what two men can do to another human. The only positive is that night Matthew entered Gods arms and eternal safety and could never be harmed again. God bless his soul
God bless you Steve. It is so heartwarming that you post videos like this. Thank you for honoring this young man and others who have been victims of such horrendous acts of violence.
It was so sick what they did to this young man! I pray his assaulters have suffered afterwards. This is why I am against the death penalty, I think they should serve a long time alone with their conscious!
Thank you for sharing your video very sad it doesn't matter who you are it's not right to take a life.Hope you are doing well and stay safe happy travels 🧳
I remember when this happened and it was heartbreaking, Matthew Shepherd is a hero and let us never forget. He was such a beautiful wonderful person and full of love and life.
It never ceases to amaze me how cruel and inhumane people can be. I remember this vividly when it happened. I am so glad that the family was able to protect and death. What a good day they must have felt to be so concerned about their sons remains. May those involve rot in jail. Thank you Steve, I never knew where he is remains were interned. Such an sad, sad story.
Heartbreaking. I hope the beauty and peacefulness of his final resting place gives his family and friends a little comfort, at least. Nobody deserves what he went through. I know how hearing it made me feel, I can’t imagine how devastating it would have been for those who knew and loved him. Amazing that Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy are also interred there. Thank you, Steve.
Steve, thanks for posting this video. I have never been to the Washington National Cathedral and did not realize that Matthew Shephard's final resting place is the same location as the burial places for Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. Do you have plans to highlight any other individuals buried at the National Cathedral?
I remember our church having a mass for him and all victims of hate and every candle was lite. The mass was beautiful and done in Latin and then English very powerful mass church was packed.
Seems like yesterday. I remember the gang at our local gay bar passing a big card around that we all signed to send to him but by the time it got there he was gone. So tragic. I recently read the book The Meaning Of Matthew by his mom, an incredible lady.
When this happened, I was so sad and shocked at the animosity of this hate crime. Matthew Shepard you did nothing but be you. You are still thought of and loved. Thank you, Steve, for this touching upload. 🕊️🙏❤️
So sad why can't people live the life they want without people hurting or killing them for it! So glad the two monsters are paying for the crime!! RIP Matthew
The cathedral was absolutely breathtaking I can imagine how much more glorious it would be to see in person so I thank you for that and may all those who are laid to rest find peace 🌹 ... Thank you this was a really good video great job!🤗
I've been to the National Cathedral and it's a beautiful place I think they have tours that include going up to the top of the central tower. I didn't know the ashes of Mathew Shepard were laid to rest there. That is very appropriate. I went to a memorial service for him where I lived. Leonard Matlovich, who challenged the prohibition of gays in the military, was laid to rest in the Congressional Cemetery near the Capitol. His gravestone has a pink trangle on it and is near where J.Edgar Hoover was buried. I thought you'd like to know.
Just a suggestion Steve, if you haven't already done it, would love to see a little something on Harvey Milk. I know he doesn't have a traditional resting place but I believe some of his ashes are buried under the sidewalk in front of his old camera store on Castro Street, where he also lived upstairs, and which I visited 3 years ago. The rest of his ashes were buried off in the waters near the Golden Gate bridge in the adopted city he loved so much. I also did the tour of City Hall where his and Mayor Moscone's offices were and where the tragedies happened and it was very moving to me. Also Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio and Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were married there. So lots of history. Being inside the mayor's office was rather eerie and sad.
Tragic death, How someone could do that to another human being is beyond belief, they are animals and they will be judged. RIP Matthew, you are loved by many, and we will never forget.
thanks for letting see where Matthew is at ! and on your road trip if you end up in Baltimore you should visit sister Catherine cesnik resting place. sad story see it on Netflix.
Still today this is heart wrenching! You are so right that hate is still alive in the world today. We older LGBTQ+ Community Pioneers recall to fight to obtain the rights we now have! RIP Matthew 🙏 🪦
My Grandson twins, but 1 is straight, but the other twin came out as gay, he's 14 years old and fears how other's will react, i told him i still love you the same, nobody should harm someone because of their preference..
Hi Steve, thanks for sharing Matt's story. It's unconscionable that someone could have such disregard for human life. I'm glad they got life in prison without parole.
Parasites! This crime made me so sick ! Tragic and unbelievable! Actions like this must stop, hate and violence towards others that are different must stop! Thank you Steve ☮️🌼🐝safe
I was wondering what it means by, 'behind this chapel'... oh gosh I feel dumb asking that, but the word, 'behind'... that's where I'm confused. He certainly deserves such a final resting place.
Did you see Woodrow Wilson’s burial site while there? Since you have shown interest in Presidents. I hope you check out Arlington to see Kennedy and Taft while in DC along with the changing of the guard. Been all over the world and DC is my favorite city. Enjoy!
I remember the Matthew Shepard case very well. From where I live in Colorado, Laramie, WY, is about an hour’s drive away. The bar that Matthew went to that night was the Fireside Lounge, I lived in Laramie in the 1970’s and back then it was a nice establishment. When the original owners sold it and it changed hands it attracted a little rougher crowd, but you could still have a quiet drink there. Unfortunately, Matthew met up with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. This young man was beaten so severely that he was airlifted from the hospital in Laramie to Poudre Valley Hospital in my hometown of Fort Collins, Colorado. The outcry was such, that there were banners that read “Justice for Matthew” on Hwy 287 from Laramie to Fort Collins. Candlelight Vigils were held by PVH (hospital) and in most of the churches in the area until the night after He died. Neither State had ever had this kind of crime with such brutality. Both men were found guilty and were sent to Wyoming State Penitentiary, but were later transferred to other facilities. It broke my heart to think that such horrible brutality and disregard for life could have happened. I was in our church choir at the time and we sang hymns during our Mass for his healing on the night before Matthew passed. There was sadness for a long time in our town. Matthew Shepard is not forgotten in our town. I’m sorry that this post is so long. Thank You Steve for sharing this video. Blessings to You and Jim.
Many of the funerals for former Presidents have been held at the National Cathedral In the basement gift shop you can see a tribute plaque to a military aide and advisor to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft: Major Archibald (“Archie”) Butt. Major Butt was loyal to both Presidents and took a vacation in Europe in order to deal with anxiety and depression because of the feud between Roosevelt and Taft. He traveled to Europe and died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic
So sad about Matthew. An agent at my former office was also killed in a similar situation: he had transferred to Phoenix and one night, probably after visiting a bar, he took off with 2 men; was found stabbed to death. 🤫😥😥😓😓 I never heard if anyone was arrested and tried. 😥😥
The police's handling of this case was itself, homophobic and botched. Many facts remained undiscovered or undisclosed, because they just wanted to put the case to bed and be done with it. The hate crime angle worked... ta-da! case solved! The authorities wanted to be done with it to quiet the public outcry as well, so accepted what they thought they saw, "a hate crime," as the truth and their investigation stopped there. However certain truths, as truth is wont to do, have come to light over the years and decades since this horrific event occurred. They were not strangers. Aaron McKinney, one of the killers, and Matthew Shepard had had multiple sexual encounters over their acquaintance, and both were known meth dealers and users. Several witnesses came forward who had seen them together "being friendly," on multiple occasions. At the time of the murder however, word on the street had been, Matthew was holding and moving around $10,000 in Meth, and McKinney, and Russell Henderson, the other killer, wanted and conspired to steal it from him. And so, they went looking for Matthew. Sadly, they found him at a bar. A short truck ride at gunpoint later, they were on a remote stretch of country road. Matthew's death was as heartless as it was brutal and motivated exclusively by greed. He was restrained and extensively pistol whipped about the head. Then tied to a fence and lit on fire. Left for dead, he suffered for 15 hours, in the freezing cold, until he was found the next day barely clinging to life. All this said, and even more so now that I know the truth, I am all for Matthew's continuing martyr status in the LGBT community, because this is still a hate crime, in that it is a crime against all humanity. It keeps Matthew alive... a young man who died far too soon. It never ceases to amaze me how disgusting we can be!
The word you're looking for to describe the killers is Anthropoid, which means normal on the outside, empty on the inside, without soul. Beautiful cathedral much in the style of cathedrals in Europe, first built by the Normans in and around the 11 th century. Beautiful young fellow, may he know all the beauty and wonders of Heaven throughout eternity, thanks my friend!
Hi Steve I remember reading about this horrible crime upon Matthew hell awaits his killers thanks for sharing your video honouring Matthew best wishes from Thomas in Ireland 🇮🇪.
Thanks Steve nice video. Ive said it before Gay or Straight ? White Black or Yellow? Humans just need to be mellow. We need to live our lives and love each other and be happy.
Hi Steve That is certainly terribly sad. There are certainly evil people in the world. Can't help wondering if there was a small voice in his head telling him not to go with those guys. Sadly we will never know. That's a beautiful cathedral. Thanks for always sharing your videos. I wonder if Jim would join you if you visited graves of famous gamers. There might be some who have passed. Ok just a thought. Enjoy the Summer which is there soon.
Steve thank you so much for remembering Matthew. He deserved to live a rich life full of love, but all he got was hate that was misdirected. Hope your enjoying your visit to the East Coast. If you’re ever in Southern Maryland, there’s a cemetery at Point Lookout commemorating the soil Der’s who lost their lives in the Civil War. Be safe on your journey.
I had my own suspicion about this crime. It wasn't directly motivated by hatred, but was more like fear. Matthew likely knew these guys experimented sexually. We'll never know the whole truth, other than murdered motivated by hate. His assailants are in prison, where, you know what happens to some. I have no issues with others' choices, concerning such privacies. It's another bullying label but we should be respectful & kind to others! I dont choose my friends based on personal preferences.
Humans are capable of so much good and creating such beauty, as the planning and building of this gorgeous cathedral, but can also be horribly brutal, ignorant and cruel. I choose to believe though, that there are still far more of the former than the latter but these sub-humans have to be removed from civilized society (and am glad they were). RIP, Matthew.
I remember this story and was horrified. I never met him but after hearing about this story, I bawled because it was cruel. His parents have become very politically active about gay rights. Not sure if you heard this but you mentioning Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan reminded me that I recently heard that they were actually lovers. Have you heard this?
I cried when I first heard of this brutal killing years ago and I cry today just hearing about it. . Poor Mathew didn't deserve it and his family has a life sentence of remembering how good Mathew was and how cruel he was killed. Why are human beings so cruel I just can't understand it?
Steve thank you for sharing this story! Justice was served for Mathew and for that I’m thankful! Thank you for another awesome video! You always put your. Personal touch. On all your videos! I appreciate that about you!
Thank you for this video on Matthew Shepard. He was so young & vulnerable to two wicked people, who I’m glad to hear will spend their lives thinking of what they did, every..single..day. God bless you Steve & God bless you Matthew. Your death was not in vain. Hopefully people are being educated. 🌹♥️
People should be outraged by what happened to Matthew Shepherd. No one has the right to do to another human being what was done to Matthew. Sadly there are still both homophobic & racist people in this world; we are reminded of this quite often. None of us is any better than anyone else. There are no golden trees growing in the garden of life.
This young man was the victim of a hate crime, pure and simple. You shall be remembered, Matthew, long after those who committed this atrocity are gone. May you rest in peace.
It’s great that the those hateful fools who murdered Matthew Shepard got double life sentences. They lived to see violence against Gay citizens classified as a hate crime. I hope it bothers them that their negative act made a positive contribution to the American justice system.
I remember when this happened, it was big news in Australia. I agree with Steve you wouldn't call his killers human, they are never going to be released I hope they rot in hell.
Those who commit a crime so heinous that there is no words to call them because it would be insulting to whatever you compare them too. Especially those who killed this young man because of his personal, private way of living his life.
I remember that murder so well. It less so cruel and Matthew suffered so much. Unfortunately, they would’ve vandalized his grave. Some people wern’t brought up right or have several loose screws.
What a tragic ending for this young man ,and good to see the criminals be caught for their evil. But also very sad to hear his involvement with the soul condemning mortal sin of sodomy, hopefully he repentant of this most unnatural vice before his death.
Yes I do remember Matthew Shepherd and it is so sad but I am glad that they found the to that kill him guilty and in jail for the rest of their lives where they should be and I’m happy that he’s in a place where he can rest in peace and not be bothered. Thank you Steve good job.
Glad those evil individuals are put away...if they do that type of thing once...they will do it again to someone else. No one should go through that type of horror and tragedy.
