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Our Flag's Daily Briefing 
for Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens ... 
TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:
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Our Flag flies at full staff across the USA except in New York.  The Governor of New York called for half-staff of flags on all state buildings to honor Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner, who died in a police dive training accident.  Amazingly, local police expect more than 7,500 police from all over the USA and Canada to join them in honoring Office Lehner.
GO HERE to experience this event live

​​[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: 
... Invasion of Grenada ... 
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On this date, October 25th, of 1983, the Caribbean island of Grenada was invaded by the U.S. to restore "order and democracy." Over 2,000 Marines and Army Rangers seized control after a political coup the previous week had made the island a "Soviet-Cuban colony," according to President Ronald Reagan.

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​TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER COMMEMORATION
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Navy Fireman Jakia S. Cannon
Died October 25, 2003 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
20, of Baltimore; assigned to the aircraft carrier Enterprise; died Oct. 25 of natural causes while underway in the Persian Gulf.

[summary courtesy of Military Times' Honor the Fallen website]
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We honor and thank Jakia Cannon for defending our freedoms and fighting to liberate the lives of others.
GO TO to this article to honor her and learn about her life and family

​[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[ ​... Wrong Way Run ... ]
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​[ On October 25, 1964, Minnesota Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety.  This infamous "Wrong Way Run" is proclaimed to one of the top NFL bloopers ]


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