Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Thursday, September 7, 2017
for Thursday, September 7, 2017
The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens ...
TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:
Today, across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff.
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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Our Flag Code tells us ...
TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Our Flag Code tells us ...
Title 4, Chapter 1—THE FLAG
§4. Pledge of Allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right
hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove their
headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand
being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the
flag, and render the military salute.
[courtesy / adapted U.S. Government Publication, "Our Flag" - United States Code. Title 4, Chapter 1]
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TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
powered by:
Army Spc. Jarrett B. Thompson
Died September 7, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Specialist Jarrett Thompson, 27, of Dover, Del.; assigned to the 946th Transportation Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Lewes, Del.;
died Sept. 7 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Thompson was in a convoy on Aug. 30 when a civilian vehicle passed the convoy and swerved between the lead military vehicle and an approaching Iraqi truck. The driver of the civilian vehicle hit Thompson’s truck. Thompson was medically evacuated to WRAMC where he later died of his injuries.
[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
We honor and thank Jarrett Thompson for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
Go to this Military Times 'Honor the Fallen' article to honor him and learn about his life and family
Also, pray for the Arizona National Guard F-16 pilot who is missing after a crash on Tuesday. And, in Afghanistan, at the Bagram Airfield, an explosion has injured many personnel (details forthcoming).
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[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[On this date in 1921, the first Miss America Pageant, was held in Atlantic City, NJ]
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