170911- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Monday, September 11, 2017

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

TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at half-staff for Patriot Day - honoring the nearly 3000 Americans killed by terrorist attacks on that day.

Go here to read about Patriot Day and why it's proclaimed by our President each year.
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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Patriot Day ...

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September 11, 2001, is our generation's 'day of infamy.' And, from that day, like past generations did with Pearl Harbor Day, we must find some inspiring stories amongst all the horror and tragedy of that day.

One of my favorite inspiring stories comes from a book called, "Fireboat - the Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey"
The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboat of its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible happened that the whole world shook. And a call came from the fire department, asking if the Harvey could battle the roaring flames. In this inspiring true story, Maira Kalman brings a New York City icon to life and proves that old heroes never die.

a book about 9/11 heroics from the most unexpected place and people

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TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
powered by:

Army Sgt. Henry Ybarra III
Died September 11, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sergeant Henry Ybarra, 32, of Austin, Texas; assigned to D Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, Illesheim, Germany;
died Sept. 11 in Balad, Iraq, when the tire he was changing on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck exploded.

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

We honor and thank Henry Ybarra 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

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[Serving up a slice of Americana]

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[The 'Flag of Honor' contains the name of those killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Now and forever it will represent their immortality. We shall never forget them.]

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