< ! -- Deleted image removed : At the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul , Minnesota , the façade of Walter Reed Middle School was displayed behind the GOP nominee John McCain as a backdrop to his acceptance speech , raising questions as to why , starting in the blogosphere . Blog posts referring to " Walter Reed Middle School " jumped from roughly 0 % in the previous six months to .0325 % on the night of the convention , according to the BlogPulse search engine . Although the campaign did not release an official statement , many have speculated that the campaign had intended to display a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center , the Army 's leading medical institution and a facility widely associated with care for Iraq war veterans
2008 Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
Walter Reed Middle School