Arlington National Cemetery
The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Memorial was dedicated on May 20, 1986, in memory of the crew of flight STS-51-L, who died during launch on January 28, 1986. Transcribed on the back of the stone is the text of the John Gillespie Magee, Jr. poem "High Flight", which was quoted by then President Ronald Reagan when he addressed the disaster. Although many remains were identified and returned to the families for private burial, some were not, and were laid to rest under the marker. Two crew members, Scobee and Smith, are buried in Arlington. On February 1, 2004, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe dedicated a similar memorial to those who died when the Shuttle "Columbia" broke apart during reentry on February 1, 2003. Astronauts Laurel Clark, David Brown and Michael Anderson, who were killed in the "Columbia" disaster, are also buried in Arlington.
Columbia Quadsquad
Columbia QuadSquad, ranked at the time 41st in the WFTDA, was selected to play in the 2013 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs. They competed in Asheville, North Carolina September 20–22, 2013. Columbia entered the weekend as the tenth seed, and ultimately finished in tenth place. In 2014, Columbia again qualified for Division 1 Playoffs, entering the Charleston tournament as the ninth seed, and finished in eighth place. In 2015, Columbia dropped into Division 2 Playoffs as the third seed in Cleveland, and ended the weekend in ninth place. In 2016, Columbia returned to Division 1 Playoffs and competed at the tournament they themselves hosted, finishing the weekend with their opening seeding, in eighth place. Columbia qualified for the Division 2 Playoffs and Championship in 2017 as the eleventh seed in Pittsburgh, and finished in eleventh place with a 167-156 victory over No Coast Derby Girls.