170827- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Sunday, August 27, 2017

The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens of...

TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in Connecticut - where it flies at half-staff to commemorate U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, who was killed during the USS McCain ship collision on Monday.
[ Go here to find out more about sailor Doyon and the 9 others killed on the USS McCain ]
[Click here to learn more about today's half-staff honorees and verify the latest flag status for every state (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]


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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Happy Birthday, Mr. President ...

President Johnson meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. probably prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [public domain image]

He is one of only 4 men to have ever been elected to these 4 positions - U.S Representative for Texas, U.S. Senator for Texas, U.S. Vice President, and U.S. President
Lyndon Baines Johnson, our 36th U.S. President was born on August 27, 1908 near Stonewall, Texas. He became the President upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 and went on to serve another term as President until January 20, 1969.
Johnson's work as President included what he called, designing the "Great Society." To do so, he worked with Congress to pass legislation that expanded civil rights, Medicare, Medicaid, aid to education, the arts, urban and rural development, and public services.

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TODAY'S COMBATANT KILLED IN ACTION (KIA) COMMEMORATION
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Army Spc. Rafael L. Navea
Died August 27, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Specialist Rafael Navea, 34, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; assigned to C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based at Fort Sill, Okla.;
killed Aug. 27 when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq.

[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]

We honor and thank Rafael Navea for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
Go here to honor him and learn about his life and family here

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[Serving up a slice of Americana]

World War I poster [public domain image]

[Asking Americans to enlist (join one of the military services) and go defeat the Germans ("Brutes").]

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