Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Wednesday, August 16, 2017
for Wednesday, August 16, 2017
The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens
TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:
Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in Maryland - where it flies at half-staff to commemorate the life of Marine Staff Sergeant William Kundrat, a Marine Raider who died in the KC-130 crash on July 10th.
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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... pursuing the American Dream - well kind of ;) ...
[public domain image]
On this date, August 16, in 1896, gold was discovered along the Klondike River in Alaska. This started the Great Klondike Gold Rush. Pictured here are prospectors, in 1898, hiking over the Chilkoot Pass to get to the Klondike region. An estimated 100,000 prospectors migrated to the Klondike region after news of find gold reached Seattle and San Francisco - a year after it happened. This caused a 'stampede' of gold-seekers, most of whom returned by 1899 empty-handed.
'Stampeding' prospectors overwhelm the San Francisco port and this steamer heading to Alaska. [public domain image]
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TODAY'S COMBATANT KILLED IN ACTION (KIA) COMMEMORATION:
Army Sgt. David M. Heath
Died August 16, 2004 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sergeant David Heath, 30, of LaPorte, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Aug. 16 when his patrol came under small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade attack in the Sadr City section of Baghdad.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
We honor and thank David Heath for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
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Died August 16, 2004 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sergeant David Heath, 30, of LaPorte, Ind.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed Aug. 16 when his patrol came under small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade attack in the Sadr City section of Baghdad.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
We honor and thank David Heath for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
Go here to honor him and learn about his life and family
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[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[Fighting for our freedom... On this date, August 16, in 1777, General John Stark led his American troops to a rout of British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York. public domain image]
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