The Herndon monument was capped in 1 hour 38 minutes and 36 seconds in Annapolis, Md. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy's plebe (freshman) class form a human pyramid around the 21-foot tall Herndon Monument to remove a plebe hat, or "dixie cup," that upperclassmen have placed on the top of the obelisk monument which is covered in lard.The Herndon monument was capped in 1 hour 38 minutes and 36 seconds in Annapolis, Md. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy's plebe (freshman) class form a human pyramid around the 21-foot tall Herndon Monument to remove a plebe hat, or "dixie cup," that upperclassmen have placed on the top of the obelisk monument which is covered in lard.The Herndon monument was capped in 1 hour 38 minutes and 36 seconds in Annapolis, Md. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy's plebe (freshman) class form a human pyramid around the 21-foot tall Herndon Monument to remove a plebe hat, or "dixie cup," that upperclassmen have placed on the top of the obelisk monument which is covered in lard.The Herndon monument was capped in 1 hour 38 minutes and 36 seconds in Annapolis, Md. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy's plebe (freshman) class form a human pyramid around the 21-foot tall Herndon Monument to remove a plebe hat, or "dixie cup," that upperclassmen have placed on the top of the obelisk monument which is covered in lard.The Herndon monument was capped in 1 hour 38 minutes and 36 seconds today by Midshipman 4th Class (freshman) Javarri Beachum, 19, of Port Saint Joe, Fla. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy's plebe (freshman) class form a human pyramid around the 21-foot tall Herndon Monument to remove a plebe hat, or "dixie cup," that upperclassmen have placed on the top of the obelisk monument which is covered in lard.